Given the OP's criteria of limited range, and largely recreational target shooting, as well as reasonable price, I'm thinking he might do well to look at some stuff that ISN'T of the uber-tactical-ninja variety, as there are a bunch of respectably solid options in that price range.
Just a regular (non tactical) scope in the 2-7X range, from any of a number of established companies would suffice perfectly well (for example, something like the Burris Fullfield II, or a Weaver, spring to mind).