WOW, i would say the Browning is a little more then $250. I am not going to be doing a lot of hunting with it so i dont think i want to spend that much on it. Somebody was talking about the Remington model 563 or something like that in .17 HMR. They said that they were a lefty too. Everybody said that was a piece of junk but they mentioned i think a Savage that would have been close. I would spend a little more on that because the .17 I could maybe use for Cayotes.