IMO the Ballard LLC high wall is a splendid rifle but W-A-A-A-Y-Y over-priced. Their parts will interchange with the originals fine and the workmanship is excellent. I did notice a tendency to break firing pin noses due to brittleness but this may have been corrected by now. Firing pins are a perennial problem for many folks so I don't think poorly of them for it unless they haven't corrected it.
FWIW IMO every sidehammer Sharps owner should equip the rifle with a field repair kit consisting of a new firing pin and a new lever spring. It's not so much a question of 'if' they'll break, it's more like 'when'! Like my first flight instructor told me in regard to pilots failing to lower the retractable gear, "There are only two kinds of pilots: those who HAVE, and those who WILL!" Unfunnily enough, he later proved the validity of his statement in a Gulfstream...
Regards, Joe
