I bought a 7mm-08 last year. My intention is to use it as my main hunting rifle. Ive shot it out to 400 yards on the range and am really happy with it's accuracy. I have it topped with a Leupold 4.5x14 cds scope, but rarely go beyond 10x.My hanloads are 140 gr TTSX's over 41 gr of IMR 4064. I'm getting 2750 fps. I shoot Lapua brass and seat the bullets .050 off the lands as per Barnes recommendation. This puts my Coal a little over Sammi but the rounds still fit the magazine and cycle well. I've only taken two whitetail with it this far. Both were broadside lung shots under 50 yards. Never recovered either bullet but was happy with the performance and damage the bullets did. Neither deer went more than 10 yards.
My rifle is the remington mountain stainless and it's easy to carry with very low recoil. I would have no hesitation to use this setup for moose and elk within reasonable ranges.