No worries, Stik.
3000 was my limit in that aeroplane. +7/-5g.
There are many others who pushed their Pitts S-1's and monoplanes a lot harder. Of course, things break the harder you push them or, at best, the life is significantly reduced.
We kept our S-2A purely per the book.
Decathlons are even less robust so well inside book figures.