I'll speak up, I'm a Weaver fan but most of the, a count of 15, are their K4 Classic Scout scopes. Ahh, I like IER rifles & scopes
One thing that I wanted to do with my scout rifles is standardized the scope so that when I picked up a rifle the view out and down the barrel was the same. What I did was buy all the scout scopes that were available at the time and try them; Burris, Bushnell, Leupold, etc. I had a gunstock setup that I could use to mount them on with velcro and just examine the glass across the various offerings. Hands down the Weaver product was the best so I shot it before I returned the others just to make sure I was happy with my choice. The Weaver stayed and all the others went back.
That was four years ago so I've started to think about replacing 14 standard eye relief scopes so I started this same process and in the end it I've settled on the Weaver 2.5x7-32 Classic V for my needs. Now, I know that you are looking for something with a max power of 12 to 16X which is different that what I needed but I meant this to serve as a comparison of glass across a range of manufacturers vs. a budget a little tighter than yours; $175 to $250.
I'm thinking that the Weavers might be more popular than I thought as when an inventory is received the dealers run through them pretty fast. I was thinking that the Weaver #849540 might be right up your alley, it is a 4-12X44 with an AO, but when I looked at
MidwayUSA it was out of stock. Might check it out anyway as the 40-44 series have very good reviews.
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