Take a look at the Bushnell Elite line too. I am a big fan of high dollar glass and have Zeiss of SAwarovskoi on my hunting rifles, but realize not everyone can go there. I bought a used 50 cal. ML with an Elite 4200 already mounted on it. I procrastinated and never got around to changing out the scope ... then the season was here !! So I left it on. I really like the scope. So much so that I am leaving it on the rifle. It did fine for me last season. Low light performance is pretty good and clarity is great. The only "negative" for me is that the scope is rather long and a tad on the heafty side. But that is no big deal as far as I am concerned. I think that the 4200 series is within your price range.