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Another look at this topic,now im not directly sticking up for either kind of bullet , BUT the polycarbonate or plastic tip of a "ballistic tip"(yea I know) bullet does two things ,it retains it shape better than soft exposed lead for accuracy and ballistics and apon a frontal impact it pushes back through the bullet to help expansion.So if you were to miss the target animal and don't hit anything with the plastic tip like a rock or dirt clump ect.ect. and just flat ground  at the normal very shallow angle ricochet's occur at the tip wouldn't be pushing back through the bullet to expand it soooo would it matter if it had a plastic tip or not.As far as I understand most .224 dia bullets are made to expand anyway because they were designed for varmint's and predators not deer sized game that you need penetration for. In conclusion my thinking would be research and find the bullet with the thinnest jacket that is the most frangible that shoots good in your gun It might very well have a plastic tip but it might not.