If you want the 7mm-08 then by all means get it. The deer won' t be able to tell a lick of differance between the two. Might even get it from someone who would put your best intrests in mind and not the guy that is just trying to push the latest and greatest. Who knows he may have bought a bunch guns in a certain couple of calibers and just wants to get rid of them and doesn' t care i you like it or not.

Even in Montana hunting elk you wouldn' t be under gunned in the least with the 7mm-08.

If you like it then get it. The salesman isn' t going to be shooting it.