RE: zeiss
I would not get the 44mm objective either. 40mm's is more than enough glass up front to provide you with enough light transmission to see untill after legal shooting hours.
At the highest magnification they will both transmit (scopes do not gather light) equal ammounts of light to your eye any way. At 9 power the 3-9X40 will have an exit pupil diameter of 4.4mm's and at 10 power the 3.5-10X44 will have an exit pupil diameter of 4.4mm's. So as far as brightness goes they will be exactly equal at their highest magnifications and below that both will be brighter than you need.
What you have to decide is if you really need the extra magnification (highly doubt it), weight, cost, less eye relief, and if having the scope sit higher off the rifle is worth it.
Remember that the higher your cheek moves from the stock the more it is going to hurt when that 300RUM smack you in the face. The less accurate you become due to the fact that your cheek isn't welded to the stock like it should be, and the harder it will be to find something quickly in the scope due to you having to find the right unnatural spot to hold your head.
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