The bullet is in the barrel for about 1.5 milliseconds. Any movement during that window pushes impact off the call. Follow-through means staying in the same position (same cheek weld, same trigger contact, same grip) until the rifle has fully cycled.

One telltale sign of weak follow-through is a group that strings consistently in a particular direction. In that case the shooter is unloading the rifle just before the bullet leaves, and doing it repeatably.

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