The Reupold 4.5-14x's are Steaming Pieces Of Fhuqking Schit,in ALL versions and sadly I've all the T-shirts and BT/DT. Hint.
I have always had good luck with the 4.5-14X50mm but then I am not forced to suffer poor rifles.
Killed a lot of PDs on the far side of 500yds with them.
While over budget for the OPs needs the 3-18X50mm Leupold is about as good as it gets for PDs but the world is awash in decent optics.