In any case, no, I don't try everything new that I come across. Some things don't deserve to be attempted.
Attempting to seem smart and witty while attacking people that are pioneering new methods, while admitting you've not tried what they are suggesting, does nothing other than demonstrate ignorance. That has nothing to do with you personally, that's a fact no matter who is involved.
Anyone with the tiniest shred of intelligence knows better than to listen to someone that can't prove they have any experience with the topic at hand. Don't confuse the fact that others attack people on here like you do, with success. It isn't success to attack when you have no experience. It is an unwinnable position. Someone with no experience can't possibly know what they are talking about, and thus, aren't a threat in the slightest to those with experience. Antagonizing the people with experience to the point where they no longer post here, is literally the number one comment I hear about this website. Some extremely talented shooters I know would rather drink bleach than subject themselves to the kind of treatment that is commonplace here every day. Not because those antagonists are somehow smarter than them, but because those antagonists are impossible to have a logical conversation with... about anything. Take your stance for example. You claim to know all about CLR and how it's bad, yet admit you've never tried it. If you're capable, you should step outside yourself for a moment and think about how any intelligent person views you in that position.
I wonder if you stop to consider how transparent that position is when you attack like you do? Those that shoot enough to know what they are talking about don't care about barrels, because if something stops shooting, we just replace them. It's not a big deal. Therefor trying new methods to clean faster and easier (or not at all) are experiments worth doing. Due to the volume we shoot, any time saved is a major improvement over a year. The fact that someone would be so opposed to trying a new cleaning method automatically means they are emotionally invested in their barrels, which indicates they don't shoot much. They obviously aren't interested in saving much time, which means they don't shoot much. If you are in the camp that doesn't clean at all, then why you are in this thread in the first place is a mystery, because clearly extensive cleaning experience must be present for anything you say to have value. So you have debased yourself and cast yourself in a considerably worse light than anyone here could, because you've done it in your own words. You've demonstrated for all that you refuse to try CLR, yet are happy to bash anyone that does. The reasons for this behavior are easy for anyone to guess. Especially for those of us shooting tens of thousands of rounds a year.
You see, no matter which way you look at the facts of what you've said here in this thread, it doesn't paint you in a positive light in the least. You may win some imaginary internet points with some anonymous people that are even better at making fools of themselves than you are, but that will be the extent of it. It's high school bully behavior without a singular thought to anyone, least of which, yourself. I consider gaining experience before drawing conclusions on the validity of products to be the singular most necessary step in both product and methodology evaluation.
I'll never understand what makes intelligent people, behave so incredibly irrationally.
For those interested in the CLR method discussed here:
http://www.primalrights.com/library/articles/evolution-barrel-cleaning
