I would agree, the 7-08 is a very good caliber. Over here, we have a lot of our younger shooter use one as a deer/elk rifle and it typically works very well. Several seasons ago, a friend of mine had his son shoot his first elk during a "youth hunt" here in Montana.. One shot and the young bull dropped in his tracks--

However, this is NOT a caliber for rabbits--having said that, with again, the wide range of bullets available for the 7mm caliber, this would be a very good selection.

Finally, here in the US, the 280 Remington is very available and is used quite frequently as a caliber available for custom mountain rifles used for sheep, goat, deer mountains hunts..

Ripp