Sleight of Hand

Sleight of Hand is a Tier Two perk in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops and a Tier One perk in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Sleight of Hand reduces the time spent reloading weapons by half. This perk is unlocked at level 20 in Call of Duty 4, level 28 in Call of Duty: World at War, and from the start in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Sleight of Hand also appears in Zombie Mode under the name Speed Cola.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
This perk is commonly used in tandem with weapons with relatively slow reload times, such as shotguns and light machine guns. As these weapons leave the player vulnerable, especially in close quarters combat and free-for-all matches, players may not have the chance to reload before engaging another enemy. However, the first shell loaded into the W1200 or M1014 shotguns will not receive the full perk benefit (+50% and +10%, respectively).

Call of Duty: World at War
The perk Sleight of Hand is useful for two very different situations. First off, as stated above, this perk is excellent for a player who does not want to reload often with weapons having a huge ammo capacity, such as the MG42 or the Browning M1919. This way, the long reload time is sliced in half and the player does not have to wait as long until they can start firing again. The second way this perk is used effectively is with weapons with low ammo capacities that don't have very long reload times such as the FG42 or the Double-barreled shotgun. The experienced player knows that in close quarter maps, reloading can and often does cost one's life. That is why this second option, fast reload with a small ammo capacity, is crucial in staying alive and avoiding pointless deaths. The perk is also available in Nazi Zombies under the name Speed Cola. It costs 3000 points and is denoted by a green version of the perk, rather than red.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Sleight of Hand is a Tier One Perk. As with Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Sleight of Hand drastically reduces the time spent reloading. Once again, it is best used with support weapons with long reload times such as the MG4 and the RPD. Sleight of Hand is also useful with the new bullpup rifles (such as the TAR-21, AUG HBAR, FAMAS, and others) as bullpups all have slower reload times than regular rifles.

The Pro version of this perk halves the time needed to aim down the sights, and is unlocked by getting 120 kills with a class using Sleight of Hand. This benefit is ideal for quick-scoping with sniper rifles, as the time spent to bring up the rifle is drastically reduced. Likewise, it is a useful pro perk for LMGs, as they possess the slowest ADS time. This effect stacks with Lightweight Pro's faster aim-after-sprint ability.

The benefits of this perk are debatable with weapons that have low ammo capacities or weapons that have a high rate of fire, such as most SMGs and the F2000, as other Tier One Perks, such as Scavenger or One Man Army will grant an increase in ammo. However, there are many players who favor Sleight of Hand simply for the Pro effect of halving ADS time, as this can (and often does) make the difference between getting a kill and being killed. Furthermore, the Pro effect can actually help to conserve ammo by giving players more time to ADS their weapon in a pinch so that precious rounds need not be wasted through inaccurate hipfiring.

In order to complete the final challenge, "Sleight of Hand Pro: VI," players must get 750 kills while using this perk. Overall the Sleight of Hand perk should be used with an LMG or an Assault Rifle, especially with a Grenade Launcher attachment or the shotgun(masterkey).

Call of Duty: Black Ops
Sleight of Hand returns as a Tier 2 perk in Black Ops. It is almost unchanged from its Modern Warfare 2 version.

Overview
Sleight of Hand decreases the reload time for all weapons by 50%. Its pro version decreases the time it takes to aim down sights on all weapons excluding sniper rifles, to prevent quickscoping.

Pro Challenges

 * Aiming Kills: Get 150 kills when aiming down sights.
 * Reload Kills: Kill an enemy within 5 seconds of reloading 30 times.
 * Fast Hands Kills: Reload and finish off the enemy you wounded 10 times.

Glitch
Through the use of reload canceling on weapons that reload one round at a time and precise timing, one can increase the rate of fire on certain weapons, notably shotguns and bolt-action rifles on Call of Duty: World at War due to their quick reload time. When the player fires, they hold the reload button and when the first round has been loaded (Before the animation finishes), they reload cancel. The weapon is instantly ready to fire. This tactic, when used correctly, can almost double the rate of fire on pump-action shotguns such as the W1200 and SPAS-12 and bolt-action rifles in WaW, although the latter is not effective in any way.

Tips

 * It is wise to use Sleight of Hand with shotguns as most have very long reload times.
 * Using this perk with a light machine guns will also reduce this wepon's somewhat long reload time.
 * This perk is also helpful with a submachine gun, as it's high rate of fire often results in it being reloaded more often.
 * The pro version of this perk reduces the amount of time to aim down sights (ADS) 50% faster with most weapons (excluding sniper rifles), so it is useful for even assault rifles.
 * In Call of Duty: Black Ops, using Sleight of Hand with a Masterkey is very effective as the reload after firing a single shot is extremely fast making it a good way to get the pro version.
 * When attempting to get the pro version of Sleight of Hand, it is easier to accomplish the task of wounding an enemy, reloading, and then finishing them off 10 times by targeting enemies who are using Second Chance.
 * Despite the perk's Pro ability of faster ADS not working on sniper scopes, a Variable Zoom attached to a G11 can still utilize the faster ADS, due to it being an Assault Rifle.
 * When using the China Lake grenade launcher, reloading after every shot with Sleight of Hand is significantly faster than pumping it after every shot

Trivia

 * In third person, the player reloads at normal speed, causing the player model's being able to fire while reloading.
 * In the official strategy guide of Call of Duty: Black Ops at page 220, the Pro version of Sleight of Hand is incorrectly written as "Slight of hand pro".
 * It is the other one of the only two perks that is in every Call of Duty game that include perks, the other perk being Steady Aim.
 * Modern Warfare 2 is the only game where Sleight of Hand is not a Tier 2 perk, instead it's in Tier 1.