A well written and considered item by the OP, the bonus being excellent grammar and spelling.
Being an F Open shooter, barrels are big in our thinking and we spend considerable time and effort keeping on top of them. Personally, I have come to the conclusion after shooting out quite a few barrels that solvents alone are useless with dealing with hard carbon and have shifted to a more abrasive approach. "Abrasive" is a somewhat emotive term for what is needed but you definitely need some mechanical action to shift hard carbon. Owning a borescope is essential in my opinion if you are serious and luckily they are now very affordable.
Here is what Litz has recently recommended and it is very close to my cleaning regimen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meXn3GiMhns&t=11s
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