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.