I recently came into possesion of a 6.5 TCU. With the 1:8 twist it really likes 140 gr Accubonds and Ballistic tips. With 24.5 gr of H335 I'm getting 1950fps from a 20" barrel. My question is, does anyone out there hunt big game with the 6.5 TCU or is it just a fun cartridge to shoot?

There are quite a few guys who hunt with TCU's. With the right bullet you can make them a 150ish yard deer gun. I'm not sure that the heavy pills would perform very well on game at TCU speeds.

i have been shooting the 100gr bt out of my 6.5 jdj for deer work great for the deer here in arkansas.

The problem is my 1:8 twist barrel only shoots 140 gr bullets, everything else just patterns. I gues out to 150 Yards it doesn't matter.

go with the ballistic tips should open up on deer out to 150yards if they start out at 1950fps

I've used the below in my 10" and 14" with excellent success on Mule Deer, White Tail and antelope out to 165 yards.

6.5 TCU – 14”
Load Data & POA/POI Info
Updated 07-05
Big Bore Pistol Silhouette

Standard loads for chicken, pigs and turkeys:

FULL POWER LOADS:
1)
29.0 WW748 120 Nosler BT’s, CCI 400 primer, Case: WW,
Case Length: 0.000, OAL: 00000

Consistent 1.00” groups @ 100 yds. and 3.00” @ 200 Yds

POI = 1.00” High @ 50 yds
POI = 3.00” High @ 100yds
POI = 0.00” High @ 150 yds - Unk
POI = 2.75” Low @ 200 yds –