Thread: Is this actually a P Cat Safe?

Hi all. May have an opportunity to acquire a second hand safe. Pictured below.

It’s sold and marketed as P Cat compliant, is this true? 3mm body?

As regulations suggest 6mm mild steel as minimum I don’t want to waste my time and hard earned cash.





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6mm is the minimum for P cat as far as I know.The "6mm internal H compartment" might fit this category, but I don't know what this means. It sounds more like an A cat safe with a B cat compartment for pistols, but you need more details. Possibly it is a A cat with a P cat compartment suitable for P.

I think the rules are slightly different for collector P and pest control P too, in regard to magazine and ammunition storage. For example P1 ammo needs to be in a safe, while the same ammo for an A cat rifle does not.

You'd be better off finding a secondhand E cat safe I suspect.

I would suggest for it to be "P" compliant it would have to be.
It should come with with a Certification saying it complies.
You should be able to confirm with FSA after a bit of a wait on hold perhaps
Safes always (under the old system) came under different rules compared to if you "made it yourself". Maybe it still the same?

my understanding is that it should be a minimum 6mm with internal higes and mortice type locks.
those electronic combo type locks can be easy to get into, i got into one in under 30 seconds but i'm not saying how in public