1) Leave it alone. Trying for another 30-40 fps is not worth it when you've found a load that shoots like that! A bullet as slick as the 147 ELD will cut the wind and retain velocity extremely well, even if it starts out 40 fps slower.
2) I would, indeed. In which case I'd be even more content to leave MV at ~2960 fps rather than trying to push it faster. I've only seen a handful of BG killed with the 147, and a friend killed his elk this year with the 147 at about 250 meters, IIRC, but all have produced exit wounds. Now all of those bullets left the muzzle at ~2650-2700 fps, so I'm not sure how it'd do at PBR with a 2960 fps launch speed, but once the bullet gets out to 100-200 yards, I'm confident it'd perform very well. Maybe others have experience running it through flesh at about 2800-2950 fps impact velocity.
