Calif. Hunter,
Before plastic-tip bullets became commonplace, I used to bring a .223 and a .22-250 or .220 Swift on prairie dog shoots, but the bullets of the day had pretty sad ballistic coefficients. The hollow-points were a little better, but didn't open up like soft-points.
These days I find the .17 Hornet and .204 with plastic-tips will do the same things on PD's a .223 and .22-250 used to, but with less powder and less recoil.
