I don't own one, no real reason for me to at the moment, but one possible counterpoint to the 6.5 creed hate- cartridge availability. It seems like no matter what store i go into (even in a straight wall part of my state where you can't really hunt anywhere around here with one) I can find it, but don't remember seeing ones like the 6.5 swede for example. (Of course this logic somewhat falls apart when comparing to things like 30-06).
One could argue it's a chicken/egg thing, where all the recent press etc made the gun more popular which made the shelves stocked this way... But the fact remains that as a hunting rifle, you could likely walk into a store almost anywhere if you happened to leave your rounds behind or something, and find some ammo to shoot. Doesn't make it "better" performance wise than the ones you can't find, but does make it a "better" choice (at the moment) from that perspective of wanting to hunt today.