Best of luck to you. I bought one new 20 years ago, then after trying (suffering is more like it) the 3.5" rounds I sold it for a Mossberg 500 the following season. That Mossberg never shot straight out of the box unfortunately.
Regretted that decision. Fast forward 15 years and I got lucky - found one just like it on gunbroker and paid the buy it now price of $90 the second I spotted it. I had SumToy drill and tap the barrel last year for fiber optic sights, and it is a dream to carry. this gun dropped it's first gobbler last spring too. Paired it with a JH .660 and HTL #7 in the 3" shell.
I wish you luck dirtybird! Hope you find one like I did. Its a great gun, and a cool original MO Bottomland factory dip.