It is a little higher than your set price, but I put a Leupold VXIII 4.5-14X50 AO on my 77/17 VMBBZ. I would have been a little better off with a 40 objevtive bell instead of the 50. I had to put a shim under the scope and use longer screws in the rings. However it does sit as low as is possible with this combo.