That's the type of bull elk hunters dream of....
My wife shoots 165's in her 308 with devistating affect on bull elk.(my 308 likes the 180's and I haven't seen an elk shrug one of those off yet) She's also used the 7mm mauser in street clothes with grand results.
To answer the 308 or 708 question. I'ld say it depends on if you reload or not. If you're a reloader it doesn't matter much. If all you shoot is factory then go with the 308, better selection of good bullet weights, the factories tend to load the 7 with lighter bullets. 150ish grain bullets from the 7 are just pure death on most anything that walks this continent.
