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Fortress Safe Announces Recall of Biometric Gun Safes Due to Serious Injury Hazard and Risk of Death; One Death Reported

U.S. CPSCInjuriesSold on AmazonSold on eBaySold on Lowe'sOct 19, 2023
Recalled Fortress Portable Safe with Biometric Lock, Model 11B20
Recalled Fortress Portable Safe with Biometric Lock, Model 11B20
Recalled Fortress Personal Safe with Pop up door and Biometric Lock, Model 44B10
Recalled Fortress Personal Safe with Pop up door and Biometric Lock, Model 44B10
Recalled Legend Range & Field Personal Safe with Pop up door and Biometric Lock, Model 44B10L
Recalled Legend Range & Field Personal Safe with Pop up door and Biometric Lock, Model 44B10L
Recalled Fortress Medium Personal Safe with Biometric Lock, Model 44B20
Recalled Fortress Medium Personal Safe with Biometric Lock, Model 44B20
Recalled Fortress Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock, Model 55B20
Recalled Fortress Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock, Model 55B20
Recalled Fortress Large Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock, Model 55B30
Recalled Fortress Large Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock, Model 55B30

Photos from the official notice: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission · image rights

Hazard

The biometric lock on the gun safes can be opened by unauthorized users, posing a serious injury hazard and risk of death.

Remedy

Consumers should immediately stop using the biometric reader in the recalled gun safes, remove the batteries, and contact Fortress to receive a free replacement safe.

Replace

Incidents & injuries

CPSC is aware of a recent lawsuit alleging a 12-year-old boy died from a firearm obtained from one of these safes. There have been 39 incidents of consumers reporting that their safes have been accessed by unpaired fingerprints.

Product description

The recalled gun safes are portable lock boxes, personal safes, pistol vaults, and gun cabinets with brand names Fortress, Cabela's, Gettysburg, and Legend Range & Field. Model numbers can be found above the barcode on a label located on the back of the safe and on the top right corner of the original packaging. Safes with the following model numbers are included in this recall. Model # Description 11B20 Fortress Portable Safe with Biometric Lock 44B10 Fortress Personal Safe with Pop up door and Biometric Lock 44B10L Legend Range & Field Personal Safe with Pop up door and Biometric Lock 44B20 Fortress Medium Personal Safe with Biometric Lock 55B20 Fortress Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock 55B30 Fortress Large Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock 55B30G Gettysburg Large Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock 4BGGBP Cabela's 4 Gun Safe with Biometric Lock 55B30BP Cabela's Biometric Personal Safe

Sold on

Bass Pro Shops, Cabela's, Scheel's, Sportsman's Guide, Optics Planet, Dick's Sporting Goods, Gander, Rural King, Lowe's and other stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com and Ebay.com from January 2019 through October 2023 for between $44 and $290.

Contact the company

Fortress Safe toll-free at 833-588-9181 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT Monday through Friday or online at https://www.fortresssafe.com/biometric-product-recall.html or www.fortresssafe.com and click on "Recall" at the top of the page for more information.

What should I do?

Stop using the product and follow the remedy below. Contact the company for a refund, repair or replacement — recall remedies are free.

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