Works great. A real must for 5 inch barrel cap and ball revolvers

Makes loading my sheriff model revolvers much easier to load. Those short handles always made my hand sore.

I bought this because my small collection is rapidly growing. What fun is collecting if you don’t shoot them, right? I bought a Pietta Remington sheriff model first and found it somewhat tedious to load with the short lever. A few more pistols down the road I bought a Pietta Navy sheriff. As soon as I got it out of the box I knew this was going to be more than a little tedious to load. It’s lever is even shorter than the Remington’s. I saw a video on YouTube where a shooter had one of these “Slixhands”, so I ordered one. As soon as I got it from the mailbox I tried it out on both of my sheriffs. What a difference it makes. An absolute must have for the short loading levers for full leverage. And, what’s not advertised or shown clearly in the pictures is that on the cutouts where it slips over the lever they are different t sizes. The thin cutout is for the Remington levers while the wider side is for the Colt. Incredible that something so simple can be so effective. Makes loading so much easier.

i love the slix hand it makes it a snap to load any black powder revolver

A must-have for a Colt 1851 Navy. No more cut knuckles or bruised palms.

haven't used it yet. It fits my guns perfectly. well made, worth the price.

It performs its function perfectly, but when you have almost entirely all period correct 1860s guns, it would be nice if it was available in brass since almost all black-powder shooting accessories are brass. Machined aluminum just seems out of place.



Reply from SliXprings:

We agree; however, manufacturing them from brass would cost approximately 2.5 times more than using aluminum, which would increase the retail price to around $50 at 2020 prices. We do not believe most customers would be willing to pay that much for this item.

Excellent tool to add that leverage you need when loading cap and ball revolvers. Well made and easy to use.

A quality product that is excellent for use on black powder Sheriff model / short barreled revolvers with their truncated ramrod. Have both a Pietta 1851 Colt Sheriff in .44 cal. and a 1858 New Model Army stainless steel model and this Slix-Hand makes easy work of loading the cylinders of these pistols.

No more deep hurtful impressions in one's hand and the gouges are gone via this item.

Even though it's crafted in Aluminum, it's sturdy enough to last a lifetime of use on a black powder revolver and the warning NOT for use on the Walker Colt is quite true as it's not needed there and can possibly mess up the ramrod finish to that monster black powder horse pistol.
Great Product!

The tools I received worked great and were as advertised. Good quality.
Looking forward to other products.

Am new to black powder shooting and decided to add the SLiX Hand to my cart along with the Nipples. So glad I did. Made seating the ball a breeze with the extra leverage, didn't hurt my hand at all, and did not mark up the gun. One of those things you didn't think you needed, but can't live without.

Haven’t used this yet, bought it so when I get my Sheriff model of the 1851/1860 BP revolvers it will be easier for loading. Quality and construction seems exceptional.

all products were quickly delivered
& are of high quality

Works great and makes loading painless. An absolute must have accessory for cap and ball revolver shooting.

a great gift to an older gentleman with sore hands

I bought this after seeing on a video of it on YouTube. I have a 5 and 1/2 inch barrel 1860 Army colt, on the long barrel gun it is no problem to load with my favored load of a .454" ball, but the short rammer on the 5.5 inch gun will eat your hand alive. If you make cartridges the paper just makes it worse, with the Slix Hand shooting got fun again!

Was concerned about using on an 1858 Remington with 5 1/2" barrel, but the fit is good. Should also be fine on an 8" barrel version.

Why it took me so long to get this tool is beyond me. No more sore palm and loading is more consistent from chamber to chamber. Something so simple makes such a large difference. If you have a short loading lever or just need a little more leverage, you should try this!

I have a couple of short-loading lever cap & ball revolvers, like the "Capt. Schaffer" model 1851, where you don't get any leverage whatsoever from the dinky loading lever. The "SliX Hand" fixes that issue perfectly! No more cut palms!

I originally purchased it to use on a short-barreled revolver but I have not been able to get one yet. I have been using it on normal barreled revolvers and it makes seating the balls so much easier.

The nipples fit my 1861 Navy 36cal, piettas. Tried number 11 caps and they fit fine. Have not got to the range yet.

best improvement i've done to my revolvers. fit's 10 and 11 caps very well

Very functionable... I would recommend it!

Product works as advertised. Makes using the loading lever extremely easy

Bought this for a short barrel ‘51 Colt. I can see how that short lever would dig into the middle of my palm without this sturdy-but-light tool. Yeah, it takes up a little space in the loading box but I’d buy it all over again.