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CVLife is known for producing basic budget scopes. Some would derisively call them airsoft grade. Recently, they've upgraded their product line with more feature-rich optics. The Bear Swift is a 1-10x28 LPVO with a wide 34mm tube for an impressive 80 MOA range of adjustment. The box includes the scope with flip-up lens caps, 2 button batteries, and an offset mount. The mount is basic with unmatched rings and lacking recoil lugs but they are marked with their recommended torq settings for its screws. The scope costs just under $200 on Amazon https://amzn.to/3FcbDl6 which puts it in the same price tier as a Montstrum Panzer. The Vortex Crossfire is also the same price but it is only a 1-4x SFP.
The scope appeared nicely designed and constructed. Better than most expect for a budget scope. It has resettable, locking turrets that are tactile positive with loud and distinct clicks. Its illumination knob has 5 brightness settings in red and green with an off in-between each color half. The magnification right turned smoothly and comes with a very short screwed in throw lever.
The scope has a First Focal Plane (FFP) reticle that appears to be a copy of the Vortex Razor HD. The reticle is very thin and hard to see at 1x but unlike the Razor HD, the illumination of the Bear Swift is only average in red and not daylight bright. Its green brightness is rather dim. At 10x the reticle is much more usable, but like many 1-10x FFP, the eyebox is tight and unforgiving.
Optically, the scope exhibited a slight image distortion and wasn't the flattest image at 1x. But the glass had good clarity and sharpness and reduced chromatic aberration. The initial sample I received from CVLife had a small optical defect. The reticle was parallax focused at 100 yards and exhibited a slight 1/2" shift at 100 yards (possibly the parallax was set at 35-50yrds?). Despite this parallax shift, I was able to stay on target during live-fire testing, and the scope retained zero after 50 rounds of .556. I sent photos and a short video to CVLife to explain this issue, and they quickly sent me a replacement without defect.
SPECS
BEAR SWIFT
Magnification: 1-10x
Objective: 28mm
Tube: 34mm
Click Adj: 0.5 MOA
Elevation Adj: 80 MOA
Windage Adj: 80 MOA
Eye Relief: 3.5mm
FOV: 11.7 fr. @ 100 yrds
Illumination: Red & Green
Battery: CR2032
Weight: 29.03 oz
Length: 295mm
