Hornady has launched the VEXIS Safe Upgrade Kit so existing safes can gain palm vein biometric access matching the VEXIS Mobilis Safe line. The kit pairs a VEXIS keypad that uses palm vein recognition with a swingbolt lock.

Near infrared light maps the unique vein pattern beneath the skin into an encrypted identifier stored only on the device, and algorithms confirm identity in under a second, unlike fingerprints that can be copied.

The kit works on first generation Hornady Security Mobilis Safes plus select SecuRam SafeLogic and ProLogic locks, LA GARD 700, 701, 3715, 4715 and 5715 models, and Sargent and Greenleaf Titan, Spartan, Touchscreen and AxisBlu locks. Hornady designs, engineers and assembles its Security products in the United States for storing firearms.