If you are willing to go $9 over your max, the Monarch could be your next scope.
Actually Roskoe I just purchased a 3-9x40 Monarch for 355 matte finished. That and the new Simmons Aetec would be good buys if the new Aetec is an improvement over the old one(Remains to be seen). I don't care what Leupold your comparing the Monarch with exception being the LPS it spanks them all .
Edited the post I meant I purchased a Monarch for 255 matte finish .