I like it.
It's bright and clear, and the reticle is almost as fine as a normal fine duplex reticle. I haven't gotten a chance to shoot it past 120 yards yet.
The parallax is set for 300 yards, but I see very little reticle movement at 100 yards. I've gotten used to AO's on my Leupold scopes, but I think I'll get used to not having it on this scope.
$450 is a good price for the 3-9, and it's a steal if the rebate comes off that. The best I found was $575 minus the $75 rebate from Zeiss, but I couldn't find a 3-9 in stock so I got the 3.5-10 and it was a little more.
I plan on getting another one in the next few days.
You might want to get the 800 or 1000 reticle for your .17 caliber because it's a flatter shooting round. The 600 is dead on to 400 yards (according to Zeiss) for my .243 with a 75 grain bullet at 3400 fps.
You can go to the Zeiss website and run your load on their calculator to see how the different reticles work out.