If the Hornet won't shoot, try a K chamber before you pull the barrel or reline it. Can be a miracle cure for Hornet snarkiness.

I'd say a $400 nice Hornet is a decent consolation prize!

Another thing about #3s is that even if you have to kindling the wierd buttstock, the forend has enough meat on it to take just about any kind of shape, assuming the wood isn't too butuglee. (I put an ebony tip on one of mine to draw the eye away from the Plain Jane rest of it).