Forwardly-placed firearm fire control assembly

A firearm fire control assembly adapted to be disposed in

• a forwardly-placed operative relationship within a firearm, the firearm including:
• a barrel and a receiver in a forward assembly either or both of which are connected to a forestock;
• and
• firing mechanisms including:
• a combination of a firing pin and a firearm hammer adapted to engage and fire a cartridge within the firearm;
• a sear assembly to alternately engage and disengage the combination of the firearm hammer and the firing pin;
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• a trigger assembly including a translationally-movable trigger mechanism which is operable to engage the sear assembly and to cause firing of the firearm hammer and the firing pin to thereby fire the firearm;
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• the firearm fire control assembly being forwardly positioned and disposed within the forestock of the firearm comprising:
• at least one fire control depression member including at least a trigger button;
• at least one fire control rod operably connected to the depression member including at least an elongated trigger rod connected to the trigger button, the trigger rod having an aperture therein;
• the fire control depression member being adapted to be operably engaged by an operator's forwardly-placed hand when the hand is in a forwardly-placed support hand position and being operably depressible to maneuver the fire control rod to a fire control position thereby providing firing control of the firearm;
• at least a trigger assembly;
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• the trigger assembly being adapted to have the elongated trigger rod move translationally to engage the sear assembly for the activation of the firearm hammer and the firing pin thereby providing firing control of the firearm;
• and
• a safety assembly including:
• a safety fire control depression member;
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• a safety fire control rod having a portion thereof extending through the aperture in a portion of a trigger rod.

A firearm fire control assembly comprising:

• a fire control assembly located in a forestock of a firearm including:
• a safety assembly including:
• a safety fire control depression member;
• and
• a safety fire control rod having a portion thereof extending through a key slot in a portion of a trigger fire control rod of a trigger assembly;
• and
• an action release assembly including:
• at least one action fire control rod;
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• at least one action fire control depression member operably connected to the action fire control rod, the at least one action fire control depression member being adapted to be engaged by a user's support hand when the support hand is on the forestock and being depressible for moving the at least one action fire control rod to a fire control position, thereby providing firing control of the firearm.