you can buy a brand new stainless on compositesavage for 200.00 most anywhere. .17 on coyotes i think is to small. but i hear guys saying on herethat they have done it though. out west i hear the dogs are much smaller than we have here in the east so they may work fine out there. for a few more dollars you can get a .223 which i think you would be much happier with. i guessing that they are lossing more dogs than they are finding byshooting them with the .17. i have a .17hmr savage model 93 and it is one of the best shooting guns in my cabinet but it just doesn't have much stuff behind it.