Take a good hard look at Bushnell " trophy" and " legend" series of rifle scopes. Bushnell makes good scopes especially for the money they cost. They are one of the very few that actually use one peice tubes even on the less expensive lines of scpopes.

If you can afford a little more (about $200) then the Bushnell elete 3200 in 3-9 X is a great scope also. You get the rain guard coating on the 3200 also.