Yes follow through is important in ALL things Jack. Not just shooting. But what I am trying to get across to you that you seem to not be able to get is that TIMING your trigger pull from an off hand position is pretty much the absolute MAIN factor in being able to shoot accurately with a muzzleloader. Our brains can't even comprehend the speed of most center fire rifles lock times and expulsion times. If you can, you are either the Flash with super human speed cognition or you have a REALLY bad hammer spring. I haven't seen a smoke pole yet that I couldn't discern the firing process. Even my TC which I have an upgraded hammer spring installed (most TC hammer springs are pretty crappy) I can distinguish that "click boom" in my head. That right there is why I keep trying to get across to you that you HAVE to practice with the rifle and load you intend to hunt with if you are planning to shoot off hand at a STATIONARY animal with a muzzleloader. A moving animal, to me anyway, is probably 40% easier to deliver a kill shot on because of good follow through practices. But when you are shooting at a stationary animal, the only thing moving, and no matter how good you are off hand it is moving, is the barrel. So therefor you have to know that particular rifles timing as second nature to your breathing.