The .22 wmr allows more opportunities from a rimfire cartridge. I am with the 'get a hornet' crowd, yet i have pulled off the occasional 200 yard shot with the .22 mag also. But if I had constant, steady 200 yard shots all the time, my nod would be the hornet or the 223. The loads available for the 22 mag today overshadow the 22 mag loads available years ago and overshadow the long rifle by a long shot. The hornets advantage is a case that is reloadable to me.
There is a few hound hunters here that kill mountain lions one after another with there .22 mags. The shots are measured in feet as they are up in a tree. To date no body or dog has been harmed by a wounded cat cause they fall out of the tree dead as a door nail.
I have felled bobcat, coyote, porcupine, skunk, feral cats with my 22 magnums, with some shot placement discretion as with every cartridge, it just works. For me its darned near ideal for a 'going for a stroll in the north 40'.
