CVLife Eaglefeather 1-6x LPVO Review

It was hotter than the heck outside, so we started this one in the workshop with the CVLife Eaglefeather, a 1-6x24 second focal plane LPVO. In the box you get the scope with the mount already pre-installed, a cleaning cloth, two CR2032 batteries for the illuminated reticle, tools, backup mount screws, and instructions — which, as always, we're not going to read.

First impressions on build: fairly solid overall, though the machining is not 100% — you can see some sharper edges where things weren't machined down correctly. Nothing that takes away from a sub-$90 LPVO. It has an actual throw lever included, which the original models didn't, and it's removable. I will say the throw is pretty tight, especially getting to that six-power stop. The reticle illuminates in both red and green with five brightness positions each, and the turrets are the screw-off capped style making half-MOA clicks — not my preferred pull-up locking style.

One real quibble from mounting: when I went to put the turret cap back on, it did not want to seat, and I don't think I ever got it fully threaded — there might be a little bit of a milling problem in that screw cap. The optic itself went onto our rifle — a Battle Arms Development Workhorse lower with an Aero Precision Atlas upper — very easily, and we leveled it out before heading to the range.

Here's where it earned my respect: it was pretty close to spot-on right out of the box. We were shooting a little low, went down a few clicks, and honestly it needed less adjustment than I'm used to making. Then we walked it out: about 100 yards at one power, spot on. Stepped back to 175 at five power, still spot on. Then 200 yards at six power — every shot right on steel. We put maybe a hundred rounds through the gun with this optic and it didn't lose zero at all.

The glass clarity could be a little bit better — but I shouldn't even say that, because for the type of LPVO this is, it does the job. The bigger unknown is durability: what happens after it's jostled around in a bag and has a thousand rounds through it is yet to be seen.

So who's this for? The entry-level shooter who's run red dots but never a magnified optic, or anybody who wants to find out if an LPVO fits their shooting before buying a $500-900 one. Base price is around $109 on Amazon, there was a $20 coupon when I looked, and with our discount code you land right around $80. At that price, you probably can't go wrong.