ORIGINAL: StrutnBPS
I honestly don't think you are going to get a good answer on this forum b/c most guys on here think you have to pay $500+ for a good scope.
I'm one of those guys who will push the $500 scope. I love my Zeiss Conquests. However, I also am VERY fond of the Bushnell Trophy scopes. My 3x9 cost me less that a hundred bucks and it is great. My 4x12 cost a bit more, but it is a great scope also for the money. Neither is as good as my Zeiss scopes are, but the Zeiss isn't five times better than the Trophy, even though they cost about five times as much.
Buy the best scope you can afford and don't worry what the glass snobs say. These days the crappiest cheap scope out there is still not all that bad compared to what we had to work with years ago.