sorry to solicit yet more advice, but I've not yet bought a "turret" scope. I've happily used simple 4-12x40 Redfields on 308's for elk thus far.

but now that I'm building a purpose-built rifle, I need a scope to match.

my back wall will be 500 yards.

my current LR scope specs (and reasoning for each) are:

top magnification around 20-25x (more than that seems unnecessary at 500)
30mm tube (better light transmission, a little more rigid)
FFP reticle (so I dont have to worry about magnifcation setting)
MIL-adjustments (reportedly easier to use than MOA, but I've no experience w/either)

if I'm getting off track, please advise.

thus far I've seen a few scopes that meet all those specs and still <$1k, which is my "target" (see what I did there) budget.

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