I've always tried to obtain and fit plastic (generic term here) guides and a good fitting spring to my guns when undertaking an overhaul/service. As we know some manufacturers spring guides leave a lot to be desired e.g early HW guides. Replacement of these is a no brainer to me but what are people's views on some of the more recent manufacturers own guides? Would you still upgrade or put back the standard one?
My reasons for asking this is that the 'plastic' guides seem to.have much going for them. Better fit (provided they are suited to the spring being used), lower friction (tad sceptical just how big an improvement this is in practice but hey ho). One of my main aims when servicing is to achieve as quiet a discharge noise as possible (i mainly hunt)and close fitting plastic guides would appear to fit the bill. In people's views can the same noise reduction be achieved via close fitting steel guides?
What you reckon?
Dave