I have purchased a 111 action that was a 270. Ive been doing my homework and i have my plans pretty well mapped out but one thing, caliber. Im stuck

Im a deer hunter first and foremost which has led me to lean towards a 7mm08, light recoil for my wife and a great deer killer. However something tells me to go big due to a likely western opportunity and go with a 7mm mag, 28 nosler or something similar, also just because I don't have a mag.

Can a 7mm08 be a western gun if needed? Not nessesarilly elk but mule deer, antelope 200-500 yard shots?

I am a reloader by the way.