Trailblazer Firearms last year announced the planned Pack 9 rifle, now logically renamed the Pivot, a 9mm blowback-action carbine with an innovative folding design that compacts the gun down to 20.9-inches in its smallest format. Using Glock compatible double-stack magazines, the Pivot has a 16-inch threaded barrel, weighs an exceptionally light 5 pounds, and expands to 29.7 inches overall with the stock extended.
We caught up with Trailblazer’s Aaron Voigt at the Shooting Sports Showcase in Talladega this week and got a chance to see the Pivot in action.
The Pivot, shown folded, will fit easily in a small pack. Note, it will not fire in the folded position. (Photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
It rotates into place and is ready to rock in seconds. The bolt also allows for an "HK slap" if that is your thing. Trailblazer's visionary fearless leader, Aaron Voigt, is here showing Guns.com his warface. (Photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Voigt told us the Pivot, with an asking price of $1,795 in 2022 dollars, will be ready to ship later this year.
If you forgot where you know Trailblazer from, check out the below short yet entertaining review of the company's flagship Lifecard folding .22 pistol by our very own Ben Philippi: