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6.5 creedmore is the flavor of the decade.
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This pretty well sums it up. The folks in the 1930 and 40s had the 6.5X54 M-S, and even Hemingway wrote about it in some of his stories. In the 1950s, we had the 6.5X55 Swede and the 6.5x52 Japanese service cartridges that everyone swore were the best hing on the planet (some still sing this song). In the 1960s we found out that the 264 Win Mag was the bestest, most powerfulest and coolest cartridge on the planet. Oh, yeah, and the 6.5 Remington Mag, the other bestest coolest whatchamcallit. Hmmmm. In the 1970s, we discovered the 6.5-06, and it was billed as the most ideal cartridge anywhere in creation, with all the advantages of the 30-06 and 270 Win wrapped into one (I fell for this in the 1980s). The 260 was the belle of the ball in the 1990s. Then came the 6.5-284, and now it's all about the 6.5 Creedmore. And the Grendel. And the Valkyrie. And . . . but wait! Now there's the 6.5 SPC! Ho-hum. If the 6.5mm cartridges were in fact so great, they would have displaced everything else. Sure, they shoot flat, and they are great on paper. But if you already own a 308 or 30-06 or just about anything else, don't go out and sell it to buy a Creedmore.