Hey Jordan! Long time. Your kids must be getting BIG!
Yeah, I know how FFP’s work and what their advantages and disadvantages are. I think the OP would be well-served by a SFP scope; or at least shouldn’t rule one out for their stated purposes. Also, if they do decide to stick with FFP in their spec, they should handle one and mess with changing the X’s and make sure a reticle that changes like that suits them. I personally don’t like it. Very distracting.
A lot of folks have done a lot of very good shootin’ with SFP scopes.
ETA: I just re-read the OP. I hope he realizes that if you are dialing for elevation, you do not need to worry what magnification a SFP is set to. That’s only an issue if you are using a holdover reticle for your elevation... in that case, the scope has to be set to full power. If you dial, it doesn’t matter what power the scope is set to.
There’s an exception I’ll mention just because Jordan is a sharp guy and will point it out.
It’s pretty much irrelevant to the OP but in the spirit of technical accuracy here it is. The exception to the above is the windage hash marks that I mentioned in the SFP Zeiss 4-16x50 with the #93 reticle. For those to be correct the scope does need to be at full power. With the OP using it for hunting, at 500 max, I contend that’s a non-issue... but there it is.