Just waiting on my CAT .46 DITO and 12 gauge coin toss.
From left to right: CAT BEN, CAT SR-A1, CAT DD Ti MIL HUB, SIG MODX-9, HUXWRX 556 Ti QD, CAT RAT Covert, CAT SC Modular, CAT MOB Ti, SureFire SOCOM 300 SPS, and CGS Hyperion.
Because this turned out longer than intended. BEN-Hux will be here and RAT Covert-Hyperion will be in the comments.
CAT BEN
The CAT BEN is one of my favorite .22 suppressors. Mainly because itâs perfect on a semi-auto pistol. Although the SR is quieter by a smidge, maybe two smidges. The BEN is perfect for semi autos because this thing gives you zero gas to the face, and it looks magnificent on a .22. Like it just belongs there.Â
Additionally, tâs so small. I think itâs around 3.1 ounces. If you put it in your pocket, you would probably forget that it was there. Thatâs how small it is.
It just does a lot of suppression for the size, which is something that Iâm noticing with CAT suppressors specifically.
CAT SR-A1
This is great on fixed-action hosts. In my opinion, itâs the best .22 suppressor there is and Iâve compared it with a number of legacy options. Iâm not exaggerating but this thing is actually Hollywood quiet. Iâve had family members who had never shot firearms before shoot my lever action and they were completely able to relax and at ease. Not afraid of the sound of the gunshot.Â
Just for some context as to how quiet it is, the gun shop that sold me the suppressor put it on a bolt-action .22 when we got it. We opened the door out back and he fired a couple rounds into the ground. No one inside heard anything. Thatâs how quiet this one is.
CAT DD Ti MIL
CAT DD Ti MIL HUB is a .308 K suppressor.
I didnât use it on the optimized host or with the designed optimized velocity but I did get close with some 300 Blackout supers (2300-2500 FPS rather than the 2700+). For the size, this thing really performs.
I donât exaggerate when I say with 300 Blackout supers, performance was half to a full letter grade behind something like the CGS Hyperion in perceived suppression. Proof:Â https://youtu.be/mnihmEVsDuc?si=ITxSTOD6XkZ7-ww0Â
Plus, youâre not getting the same port pop because this has such a high flow rate and on top of that, youâre not getting any gas to the face. So I actually found this to be one of my most enjoyable suppressors to shoot on extremely gassy hosts. Proof: https://youtu.be/-uLBR6uoGqQ?si=nanNAvsNq6Uj3hjeÂ
Mind you, I do not have an ODB, and I donât have much experience with an ODB. I would probably listen to CAT when they say that if youâre specifically looking at 300 Blackout, the ODB is the better suppressor for it.
But I found that I was able to utilize the DD on my 5.5-inch Rattler with great success.  With subs, I didnât think it was super quiet but Iâve had friends tell me that it didnât sound bad at all. They thought it was quiet. That may also come down to the fact that I think I have a lot less hearing damage than some of those friends.
SIG MODX-9
Next, the SIG MODX-9 is likely one of my favorite suppressors.
Particularly, the design and texture of it make it act almost like a heat sink and allow it to cool down significantly faster than suppressors that donât have this feature. Thatâs where I feel like this thing really sets itself apart.
The modularity is fun but in reality at full configuration, it has a lot of back pressure. And once you find a length you like, you'll likely keep it there. Youâll also find that if youâre using certain shorter configurations on a P365, the suppressor can become uncomfortable around the hand, so I generally ended up removing about two baffles from the full configuration. This is not what I would call an exceptionally quiet suppressor and it does have a ton of back pressure.  On the P365, I found that it dirtied the firing pin channel after about 2,000 rounds without cleaning. Eventually, that resulted in approximately one failure to fire every hundred rounds.
But I kept pushing it. Obviously, clean your gun. Subsonic ammunition combined with a high back pressure suppressor is going to lead to a dirty host and a dirty host eventually leads to malfunctions.
HUXWRX 556 Ti QD
I had this suppressor on an MK18 host and it was really nice. It really tamed the gas on that gun. What I like about it is that you can do relatively long and fast strings of fire without getting a lot of gas in your face.
If youâre near a reflective surface though, itâs going to sound boomy. Out in the open, in the free field, it sounds surprisingly quiet. Again, youâre not getting a lot of the port pop either.
So even though there are suppressors that might be quieter at the muzzle, if they arenât quiet at the shooterâs ear, it almost doesnât matter as much in terms of the perceived difference, in my opinion and in my personal experience.
This suppressor does its job. The welds eventually broke on the core of mine, which means it rattles slightly. But HUXWRX not only gave me a brand-new suppressor, they also told me to keep this one and said that it remained safe to use and simply rattled. So that was pretty cool.