Forwardly movable assembly for a firearm

A forwardly movable assembly for a firearm, the forwardly movable assembly being adapted to be disposed in operative relationship with other operative parts of a firearm, the firearm having disposed in operative relationships each with one or more of the others:

• a barrel, a receiver and at least one firing mechanism;
• the forwardly movable assembly comprising:
• the barrel and the receiver operatively connected with each other;
• a movable hand support structure to which at least one or both of the barrel and the receiver is directly connected, the barrel and receiver being movable therewith, the movable hand support structure being adapted to be gripped by an operator of the firearm;
• whereby the forwardly movable assembly is adapted to be moved forward by an operator upon gripping the movable hand support structure and manually maneuvering the hand support structure forwardly, the movable assembly moving therewith;
• and,
• whereby as the forwardly movable assembly is moved forwardly, the at least one firing mechanism is held substantially stationary relative to the movable assembly;
• and,
• wherein the forwardly movable assembly further includes a fire control assembly as a part thereof, the fire control assembly comprising:
• a fire control depression member;
• and
• a fire control rod connected to the depression member;
• whereby the fire control depression member is operably depressible to maneuver the fire control rod to a fire control position to thereby provide firing control of the firing of the firearm;
• and
• whereby the fire control assembly is positioned in the forwardly movable assembly in a forward disposition of the firearm.