Sorry I'm late
I'm "all in" on the 2-10-ish magnification range for DMR-ish sorts of rifles ... I have two mk12-ish and am building two mk11/m110-ish.
I really roll the 2-10 up to my general classification of this scope which is the 3-9x ... and would expect most of the candidates to be SFP.
On my mk12's now I have
L&S mk4 2.5-8x TMR
NF NXS 2.5-10x Mil-R
(also both of these were $1,400-ish so a little above OP's $1k upper boundary, which interestingly is my upper boundary as well)
The L&S is considerably lighter and shorter also and gets the job done, which includes being able to get 1st rd hits on 12" steel out to 700m day/night/hot/cold/rain/shine in wind up to 25 MPH.
Both are SFP ... and that's on purpose. For me the DMR-ish function includes what some call the "patrol rifle" function ... and to me that means the ability to make quick shots while on the move. I don't mean literally shooting while walking BUT if you are walking and see something that needs to be shot then you should be able to pull up quickly and go bang quickly with no fiddling around.
I used to have different scopes on the mk12s and also had offset RMRs on them. The RMRs could be used for the patrol rifle function, but added more parts and more weight. The SFPs enable the scopes themselves to support quick shots and the RMRs are being redeployed to the glocks.
I also have:
Vortex pst/g2 2-10x EBC4
Trijicon Credo 2-10x Mil-Tree
And both of those are FFP.
The VO is pretty heavy. And it tunnels has you change the magnification from 3x to 2x, meaning the circle you see through the scope gets smaller.
The Trijicon reticle is nice at full power but at lower power, even with the Illum on max setting, its still slightly too dim IMHO for outdoor use in bright sun for the patrol rifle function - too hard to instantly see the reticle for quick shots.
It looks GREAT in the house - this is low power
But again out in the yard in bright sun, its not so easy to see it, which is disappointing
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I sold another mk12 to a neighbor and put an L&S v3 3-9x TMR SFP on it and that one is very similar to the mk4 2.5-8x TMR on my mk12 and with the firedot illum only ran about $400. I'd definitely recommend that critter.
One of the plusses of the 3-9x versus the lilteral 2-10x is shooting on lowest power, you can still use the reticle for holding, they just have triple value. So 1 mil = 3 mils and .... 0.5 mils equals 1.5 mils etc. I'd shoot some "calibration" to make sure, but I done this before on a mk4 3.5-10x and the 3 times multipler was dead on. That's because the 3.5-10x is really 3.333 to 9.9999 ....
And with the lilteral 2-10x you're looking at a 5 times multiplier and that's tougher to use ... like
1 mil = 5 mils or 0.5 mils equal 2.5 mils (low power).
So, again, this is actually a plus for the 3-9x power range!
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Mk12 with L&S Mk4 2.5-8x tmr (16 oz)