Thanks for all the input........serious and otherwise. I know its not a fashion show, but I don' t want to look like the girl wearing white shoes after Labor Day either!

Upon further review I went with the audience and bought the Black Matte scope........I cheaped out just a bit and went with a 3-9X40 Nikon " Monarch" over the Zeiss. I think I am going to be very happy with it nonetheless. Both VERY nice scopes, I just couldn' t see the Zeiss as $100 nicer.

Thanks again for all the votes.[:-]