6.5 Creedmoor is undersized for 6.5 bullets.
For hunting for adult shooters, I would agree. 6.5WSM or similar is much better. For the original application, it's fine.
It’s funny, most everyone would agree that 2700 fps is plenty when considering the .30-06 firing a 180 gr bullet. The 6.5 CM get the same velocity from heavy-for-caliber bullets like the 147 gr ELD, but shoots flatter than the .30-06 (due to higher BC), drifts less in the wind, and recoils less. It works perfectly fine for hunting, IME, even for tough, adult male shooters.
One benefit to the 2700 fps MV range is that it doesn’t put too much strain on the bullet’s integrity, either in flight or upon impact, so most any heavy bullet fired from the 6.5 CM expands and penetrates well. High-BC bullets retain their speed very well, too, so there is no need for blazing MVs for good external ballistic performance and sufficient impact velocity.
