Thread: Advise on Cat E gun Safe Please - Fort Knox & Liberty

Apologies, but would be grateful for some advise and clarification regarding the Cat E gun safes in NZ please. Currently due to emigrate from the Uk to NZ, as my wife is keen to return home and spend time with her family and friends, and thus hope to be able to start up pistol and rifle shooting again (all disciplines). However, I understand that ideally you need a Cat E gun safe for storage and before we start boxing up I currently have the opportunity to buy a Fort Knox defender safe (1/4 door and 10 gauge body) or Liberty safe with 12 gauge body, both made in the USA and hold residential container approval.

However it would appear that the safes advertised on trade me/gun city have a 6mm steel body & door !(?), although not sure if my interpretation is correct on NZ storage specifications and requirements, or whether the safes need to be equivalent to 6mm mild steel. From reviewing the Winchester Silverado info, it seems as though the Fort Knox if very similar, but do not want to buy in the UK and find that it would not be up to spec. Thus just wanted to understand whether in your opinion the Fort Knox defender or Liberty safes would be permitted as a Cat E gun safe please, and whether there is a process that I could follow to get the necessary accreditation and how easy it would be.

Thanks again for your help and any advise

Kind regards

Martin