One more comment, and then I'll shut up. I'm not sure why some 6.5 Creedmoor fans imagine their rifles are fast. A 264 Win Mag (26" barrel, SAAMI COAL) will shoot an 85 grain Berger FBHP in front of 73.1 grains of RL-19 at 3,821 fps.
That's close to blistering for an 85-grain 6.5 bullet, and I'm aware there are faster 6.5s still. (26 Nosler, same bullet, RL-22, 26" barrel, SAAMI COAL, 3,945 fps.
That's fast.) A muzzle velocity of 3,455 fps for this bullet weight/diameter isn't blistering; it's middle of the pack.
The Creed was designed to be a very accurate, low recoil, long-range target gun with long target bullets. If you want to be proud of it, that's what you have to be proud of: low recoil and great potential long-range accuracy. The 6.5 Creedmoor was
not designed to be fast, even with light-for-caliber bullets. And accurate at long range with modest recoil is something that many calibers have demonstrated (in competition) they can do. (See for example
https://www.6mmbr.com/1000ydpg02.html.) Some of them do it faster than the Creed.
Once your bullet leaves your rifle, the game animal or target doesn't know what launched the bullet. It only knows where the bullet arrives, and how fast. No one caliber or load has the corner on that market.
The Cult of Creedmoor demonstrates the power of good marketing, not exceptional ballistics.