Ed, ask Google A.I. this simple question: "are small bore Ithaca Flues shotgun frames prone to cracking?".
You will get a response based largely upon the hysterical exaggerations posted over and over right here on DoubleGunShop.com by the Preacher and others... Of course, the same B.S. has also been repeated on other Internet forums.
So his intentionally insulting response to your dialect is pretty sad in comparison to acting like a "shotgun expert" who has repeatedly disseminated false and incorrect information that then gets repeated. Your dialect is harmless and far less dangerous than gun owners who support anti-gun Democrats. It isn't frightening people or reducing the value of any brand or model of guns.
The Google A.I. response totally ignores the fact that roughly a quarter of a million Flues guns were built, and the vast majority handled just about any factory loaded smokeless ammo that was put through them without any damage to their frames. They have collectively fired millions of rounds that are higher in both pressure and recoil than what is frequently recommended for vintage double shotguns. The number that have actually cracked is a very tiny fraction of the total built. And it appears that the majority of those that did crack were severely abused, subjected to doubling, very heavy loads, etc.
In addition, it appears extremely unlikely that the Preacher and other "Chicken Littles" who created this false premise will ever Post the facts and truth for Google A.I. to find... i.e., that the Flues was often built as a very lightweight double that works perfectly well with reasonable loads, and has been doing so for nearly a century. But like any mechanical device, may suffer damage if abused. In other words, you shouldn't use a lightweight road racing bicycle as an off-road mountain bike, and you shouldn't use an El Camino for rock climbing, and then call them inherently defective when they break.
So as it stands right now, Google A.I. and other A.I. platforms remain unable to yet sort the wheat from the chaff. When Garbage dominates the available information stored in Search Engine servers, it's still a matter of "Garbage in--- Garbage out."
