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It would be too much (at this time) to go into detail on which is best for what part... also, all my empirical tests were done on one and at MOST, two samples of the same part. It's very possible that the same product from a different manufacturing batch 3 years down the road will perform different as the original casting moulds wear down, changes are made, etc.
Also, different gearboxes, different guns, and different combinations of parts can yield different results. Most differences are so miniscule, that you would hardly notice a difference unless ALL of your shots gave you some form of digital readout on various statistics.
The only thing I can comment on is construction/finish quality and engineering ingenuity from best to worst:
- Phoenix (currently only have gearsets available, I don't have any long term tests done yet to be able to provide durability results)
- Prometheus
- Systema
- Angel
- Guarder
I would consider the above to be "premium" products. Very good and actually give greater performance than stock Marui parts.
The following parts, I would consider to be equal to, or worse than Marui:
- G&P
- ICS
- Classic Army <-- GETS A BIG FAT ZERO FROM ME. YOU COULDN'T PAY ME TO USE THEIR STUFF, UNLESS IT WAS IN *YOUR* GUN. Even still, I would highly advise you against it.
Those are just my findings from handling/using those products. I've used some of those products longer than others. Beyond that, I don't have much experience with many other parts.
*note: This above information is based purely on personal opinion stemming from the following characteristics:
- build quality (presence of flash or other moulding anomolies, sharp or generally unclean edges, etc)
- features different from other brands
Picking a more silent setup over a noisier setup can sometimes (and usually will) reduce shot consistency, although not by a seriously appreciable amount. Differences I've found are within 5fps average deviation.
I could tell you what parts are good in my guns for my purposes from the parts sample which I had access to, but I can't promise you'll get the same results. You may get similar, but no system can ever be exactly the same once you start getting down to the little numbers. The information that I tell you below is just to give you an idea of what I use and the results I received after testing every single part that I could get my hands on for v6 gearboxes at that time.
I can say with confidence that the quietest setup I've used so far is helical gears with 7mm BEARINGS (not bushings) (a new gearbox will be needed for that), and an Angel silent head set with bearings on it (which you'll have to extract from another bearing piston head set.)
The best shot consistency that I've recorded is on my P90 with these parts:
Spring: KM 100M
Piston: Systema Polycarbonate (red, old style)
Piston Head: Systema Aluminum with bearings
Cyliner Head: Systema
Cylinder: KM TN Taper
Nozzle: Systema
Spring Guide: Systema v2
Inner Barrel Systema BS (335mm)
Tested at 24 degrees Celsius using Airsoft Elite 0.25g BBs, a 20 shot sample yielded an average deviation of 0.6345fps and a standard deviation of 0.7522fps.
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