I was in a Quebec caribou camp with Layne Simpson several years ago and he was STILL seriously pissed about a misfire on a truly wonderful whitetail the year before.
If I remember correctly, somebody (maybe Remington or Norma) made .308 brass with a small primer pocket and he was getting stellar accuracy with the brass.
THEN, he was hunting whitetail deer one very cold morning and he experienced the worst thing possible for a handloader ... a total misfire ... CLICK!!!
And, of course, the buck ran away, never again to be seen by human eyes.
At a later date, Layne froze some ammo and experienced the same thing at the rifle range. Something about small primers, relatively large cases, freezing temps and dammit misfires.
Frankly, Layne is a very decent handloader, truly an astute hunter and I suspect he was onto something.
Because of this, I would not personally trust a small primer to ignite a 6.5 Creed in a hunting load ... period.
Just my thoughts and thoughts not requested by a living soul.
kd
Some people get really confused and don't know where match shooting stops and hunting begins. Why anyone would trust small primers for hunting is beyond me.
Personally I'd never trust them and couldn't be bothered. I won't be buying any Lapua brass for the 6.5 Creed.
