I think there's a wide gap between what's good for hog hunting and what's good for punching paper. From what you said so far though, I would be inclined towards a scope with a 2.5-3x bottom magnification.Thanks for the recommendations.
To answer some of your questions, hunting range will be 200-300yds max, and target shooting max of 500yds I would imagine. I’m not a budget per se.