So what you're saying is nothing can be done to improve the current performance of 22lr?
That was after all the intention of this post.
No that's not exactly what I'm saying but I will say I see no need as there is a .22LR round now for about every possible use I can see for it. You have standard velocity to high velocity and hyper velocity that's pushing hard on the heels of the .22 Magnum velocity wise. In the .22 Magnum you have the original 40 grain bullets and the lighter ones moving out over 2000 fps.
I just don't see any holes in the coverage.
Plastic tips on the rimfire rounds is a marketing gimmick and nothing more same as it is for the .30-30 and .35 Remington. If they used the same powder technology without the soft plastic tips performance would be the same.
Study ballistics tables for round nose, sptizer and plastic tip bullets from any bullet maker offering all three types in the same bullet weight for say 7mm or .308 since that's where the best bullet selections are. If you do you'll see that short of 200-250 yards the nose shape makes no appreciable difference.
I dunno about you but I'm not willing to pay another buck fifty a box for .22LR ammo just to get a plastic tip when they already have all the various velocity ranges that the pressure levels the round works at are covered now.
Hey if it makes you happy to wish for such do so just don't expect a market to develop for it or manufacturers to provide it for you.