Thread: Caravan storage problem for f/a

Stuffed if I can figure how to solve this issue.
I have a Jayco poptop caravan and as per regs need to fit a suitable safe box/case to transport any firearm I carry. Said box should be in the van and is to be bolted with minimum 10 mm ‘unreachable’ fittings, with bolt and ammo stored separately and securely. I have no issue except my van does not lend itself to the demands of the regulations.

This caravan has, at one end, the cooker, a series of short vertical cupboards and drawers for cutlery. Each ‘cavity’ has cross members, thus dividing into smaller pockets. Some appear to be structural bracing. In one corner of that end is a shower cubicle incorporating fold down basin and loo.

Working along the rhs, I have a fridge,two more short vertical cupboards and electrics readouts. Moving forward is one single bed and between that at front of van are two further drawers with a short (shirt-hanging) wardrobe. A second single bed is on lhs before dining area with padded seating leads to the door.

To store a rifle in an approved bolted down container, I’d thought under bed would be ideal, EXCEPT one bed has the house battery diesel heater and ducting and a drawer bisecting what’s left of the space. The other bed has a deep drawer going right to exterior wall.
Under the dining seating I strike the wheel arch and more dividers/cum bracing.
The whole ‘top plate’ of the van walls are short lockers, each large enough for (say) x4 loaves of bread and again have dividers/bracing to stiffen the shell.

In considering the external front locker, a dividing wall, gas bottles and diesel tank prevent anything longer than levelling ramps being stored.
If anyone can suggest a sensible solution, please yell out. I’ve asked the ‘uniforms’ what to do as they need to approve and sign off any fitting. The ultimate solution might be to buy a takedown B13 or similar, but size would be paramount as my shortest rifle won’t fit anywhere.
Sensible suggestions welcome; a B13 is far cheaper than a bigger van.