Go check out the Bushnell ELite's. The 3200's glass is great for the price and the 4200's glass and coating are hard to beat with even the >1000$ scopes. The rainguard feature is hard to beat.
Heres a ELite 4200 3x9-40 for 279$ IMO you will not find a better deal for under 300.
http://www.swfa.com/pc-7280-185-bushnell-3-9x40-elite-4200-rifle-scope.aspx