efw: A red stag is a big animal for such a medium cartridge like the 7x57R. I knew I would be hunting inside the forest and might need to shoot at a bad angle and chose a bullet that would penetrate deeply. I will now be hunting Roe Deer, and my next hunts in October and November will be for Chamois. Both are small animals and I will rather hunt them with a conventional bullet. Chamois sometimes require long shots (even by traditional standards, not by the more modern sniping trend) and at expected reduced speeds I'd rather shoot a cc bullet than a monolithic.
wyoming260: It is the central-European version of the blue tape I often see in the photos here. Wool and leather instead of plastic
