Reliable mil-dot or MOA scopes?

I'm looking for one under $150. I know cheaper scopes are as reliable but if you have any suggestions that would be great. I would also like it to have mil-dots or Minutes of angle on the reticle.

You need a mildot scope like a fish needs a bicycle.

The 'big idea' with mildot - suppose your in battle and your rifle's scope is knocked kittywampus… As you shoot you see the round hit a wall 3 dots left and 2 high… You can now shoot 3 dots right and 2 low and hit the enemy.

If you are going to target shoot - the last thing you want are big dots in your line of sight. And you will never use the mildot for that it was intended for - because you would normally just adjust the crosshair zero and call it good. And if you are hunting - you are not going to see where the round landed in the trees and brush.

Do you wear glasses or plan on sharing the rifle? Then you want a model with side focus.
Will you be hunting in early mornings or rainy days? Then you need a model that is nitrogen or argon pressurized.
Will you be shooting allot at sunrise and sunset when animals are the most active? Then you want a model with a 30mm tube and not a 1" tube.
For low light - you need a big front lens - like 44 to 50mm.

These are the kind of things to be thinking about. Not mil dot.

$150? In other words, I want to drive a Corvette Yet spend 1975 Nova money for it.

And If you find one please check back and let us know details, and how good it is I would maybe want to buy one at theat price.

You can get a KonusPro mil-dot scope for about that price. The glass will be better than the cheap Nikon ProStaff & BuckMasters and better than Leopuld VX-1 & VX-2 glass. They also have a pretty good eye relief, I just don't care for the 1/8 MOA click adjustments.

If you can double your budget, you can get some really nice glass (Sightron SII or SIII, Vortex, Bushnell 4200, even a used Zeiss Conquest).

Ok, now to clear up the BS posted here…
1) There's far more to mil-dots than adjusting your aim for a bashed scope.
2) You have to try really hard to find a scope that isn't nitrogen purged and waterproof.
3) The light transmission you'll realize in a 50mm objective over a 44mm object DOES NOT EXIST.
4) If you are target shooting, mil-dot or MOA reticle is EXACTLY what you want. If you're hunting, a simple duplex reticle is fine.
The trick is finding something for $150 that will last. Konus will do that.

Cheap… Mildot and inexperienced scope user, don't go together.