I'm strongly considering doing an Appleseed event this summer and I'm also leaning towards Tech-Sights, however my eyes aren't what they used to be (read: I know I need glasses but refuse to get them because that would mean I'm old and I can still pass the DMV vision exam). I need a scope recommendation in case I decide to go glass instead of iron (and to recommend to a couple people that are decades my senior that may join me at the Appleseed event).
I do not subscribe to the "spend more on your glass than you spent on your rifle" theory. I'm looking for value in the $100 or less range. I'm guessing a $7 Tasco is junk, and I am equally unwilling to consider a $225-$1,200 Nikon ProStaff or Burris/Luepold/Zeiss scope due to their price-points.
What do you recommend? Something in the $30 range that is equal to scopes in the $80 range? A $7 Tasco fixed 4x scope? Something int the $80 range that is vastly superior to anything in the $40 range?