I guess where I was going with the overkill statement is that there must come a point at which the coatings loose their collective benefit, like 100 coatings probobly won't let me shoot 200 yards at midnight. Or will it...do more and more coatings make it night vision quality?

Say a 60 year old goes out and buys the best stereo on the market, all the bells and whistles don't do him any good because he's lost the high and low end ranges of his hearing so it can play great ranges but what for? In the scope, an increased number of lenses (greater magnification range) means lower light collection, but greater number of coatings mean greater light collection....where's the wash?

In the end everybody has different eyesight and mine is pretty good, or so the doc tells me, so maybe a 3200 looks great for me and a 4200 looks great for someone else...or maybe opposite. I try not to get caught up in marketing hoopla but like most I'll finish thinking more money means better product...at least to some extent.

Guess I'll take my butt down to the store and find out.

I do appreciate the input from all, thanks.