I agree. Nothing really wrong with a 6.5 creed, but it really doesn't do much, if anything, that wasn't already done by the 6.5 Swede or the .260 Remington..[/quote]

Except it had more guns produced in the first year than the other 2 had in the previous 15 years combined. Availability played a huge role in the Creedmoor success. When is the last time you saw a new rifle on the shelves in either 260 or 6.5 Sweede? Maybe the mid to late 90s.