I have one of these mounted on my .358 Winchester carbine, owing to it's inteded use as a "brush rifle" for large and/or tough game. Has fairly generous eye relief and picks up quickly, isn't perticularly bulky, heavy, or expensive.
http://www.vortexoptics.com/product...5x32-riflescope-dead-hold-bdc-reticle/reticle
I also have one of these on my .223 AR, intended as a HD/ranch rifle/3-gun rig. At 1x, it truly is 1x, can be run both-eyes-open like a red dot and is nearly as quick to acquire. The reticle illuminates, with the circle and dot (i call it the "donut of death") illuminating more brightly than the windage and holdover marks.
http://www.vortexoptics.com/product...-with-tmcq-moa-reticle-capped-turrets/reticle
If thats too fiddly or expensive, they make another with the same form factor, simpler reticle and much cheaper, but much less impressive glass...not crappy glass, just nothing like the clarity and brightness of a viper.
http://www.vortexoptics.com/product/crossfire-II-1-4x24-riflescope-with-v-brite-moa-reticle/reticle
In this day and age you're spoiled for choice, and plenty of other manufacturers make similar optics, some excellent quality, some not so much. I'm a Vortex fanboy though, and these are models i have firsthand experience with.