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I have experience with this one! My dad and I own the same guns, with the same scopes - but his scope is silver, mine is black. My scope looks better, hands down. My dad complains about his big silver scope alllll the time - black matte' s the only way to go!

I' ve got the stainless barrel, stainless rings, black stock, and a nikon black matte scope that really looks awsome on the gun. I wouldn' t change it.

I have one Ruger all weather with a silver scope and one with a matte scope . I like the Matte and siver rings better . The stainless silver combo looks kind of wimpy to me .LOL

You gonna hunt with the thing or date it????

I' m not one to go after an asthetically pleasing weapon. I like em to be practical. I personally think that black scopes look better on stainless guns.

Either will work and looks fine. Whatever trips your trigger.I have a matte silver on my Ruger M77 " All Weather" .
Ruger Redhawk

Definetly get the black scope. I' d also go for matte black rings. Look at both before you buy the rings.

BLACK!!!! ive seen guns like that and the other way.....i like the way nothing matches but it all blends nicely.......if my barrel was silver the rings would be black and the cope would be silver or like you silver barrel and rings and a black scope.........thats just me

Black Matte. Good luck.

I have a Black Matte scope with silver matte rings on my silver matte blackpowder Traditions rifle. Looks pretty good. But my choice was made by what I had available.