This is what I've tried in my swifts and .223 I settled on the partitions. With the current price of furs (coyotes are bringing 17bucks around here) not tearing them up helps the value. If your rifle will stabilize them Barnes makes a ttsx .224" bullet as well. The fmj's worked but didn't seem...
Congrats on the job ! I'd recommend checking with camera land ny and check their demo section. Decide what magnification fits your needs and start there. I've run 8x 10x and 15x I run a set of cabelas euro (meopta) 10x42's that are awesome more than your budget and have a set of vortex 15x for...