VolCrew, Thanks for posting the article link... Great article and well researched...and presentation..
Since it hit the market, I've been a big fan of the foaming bore cleaner... It's cleaned a lot of gunk of both kinds out of my barrels... I also believe is following up the cleaning with some CorrosionX on a clean patch...Using Kroil is about same effect for keeping the steel lubricated...
I've used manufacturer's suggestions on barrel breakin before as well as shot barrels without doing it and find little, if any difference in the accuracy...Inaccurate barrels don't seem to gain much and neither do accurate barrels...
Now, I will shoot quite a few rounds down range, watching the heat up conditions, soak them in the foaming bore cleaner over night and go back to shooting them with no negative effects...My really accurate barrels clean up easily and the others just take a few more patches..