Hey y'all. I'm new here and could use a little help. Thanks in advance!

Traded one last shotgun for a 111 7mm Rem. Mag., Tupperware stock. Had a cheap Tasco scope and 100 piece rings and bases. Threw away the scope and rings, put some Weaver 2 pc. bases and some solid steel Weaver rings and a new Simmons scope on.

Picked up a few boxes of cheap Walmart Federal ammo, shot it with the old scope and rings and got crap accuracy. Swapped out the scope and rings and am shooting ok (2-2.5" @100 with the occasional flier out to 4") with the new set up with the same ammo, but I want more.

I'm on a super tight budget and can't afford to go out and buy 10 boxes of premium ammo like I used to and find out what this gun likes. I feel like the right, good ammo is all that's standing in my way between where this gun is and where I want it to be for hunting purposes. I would love to hand load, but that investment is out of the question right now.

Do y'all have some recommendations on one or two factory loads I should pick up and sight in on? I hunt in Georgia and Alabama (just in case the "y'alls" didn't give it away!) and while most shots are within 100 yards, I have 2 places I hunt a lot where 300-400 yards is very possible.

Back in the good old days I had $800-$1000 rifles and $500 scopes and the money and time to play around with different ammo and get my guns driving tacks at 300 yards. This new economy has forced me to liquidate everything and start over on the budget end of firearms. Have had to sell Benelli's and Browning's and Rem. 700's to pay the bills and pick up a Mossberg 500 and this Savage to still get the job done. I picked the Savage because, well, let's face it. If you only have a couple of hundred bucks to play with this gun is an awesome place to start to get the performance I've gotten used to.

I've played around with the adjustable trigger system a lot and have gotten it as good as I'm going to on my own. Some factory ammo expertise is what I need!

Thanks again y'all! :)