Practical shooting / systems / fieldcraft

Be the person nobody notices.

Match-tested skills, instrumented gear reviews, handloading data, and honest field notes for capable civilians. No cosplay. No catalog copy. Just what survives contact with the timer.

Practical shooting competitor moving through a stage
Operating principle // 001Proof beats opinion.
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01 // Coverage map

Four lanes.
One standard.

The strongest version of Lostmyzero is not another gear feed. It is a practitioner’s publication: every story starts with a problem, shows the test, and leaves the reader with a decision.

LANE_01 / PRESSURE

Shooting under pressure

Stage breakdowns, movement, vision, dry-fire transfer, and the mistakes the highlight reel cuts out.

USPSADrillsStage plans
LANE_02 / SYSTEMS

Gear with a test plan

Optics, suppressors, holsters, and rifles evaluated by the failure mode—not the spec sheet.

A/B testsRound countsCarry systems
LANE_03 / LOAD BENCH

Receipts from the bench

Chronograph strings, process control, reliability windows, and load-development notes worth repeating.

9mmChrono dataProcess
LANE_04 / FIELD NOTES

Capability without the costume

Fatherhood, preparedness, Las Vegas range life, and technology that earns a place in the real world.

FamilyPreparednessVegasTech
02 // Editorial protocol

Make the method the brand.

The visual hook gets attention. The repeatable test standard earns trust. Every post should make the reader feel the same thing: this person actually did the work.

Declare the problemWhat failed, slowed down, or created uncertainty?
Show the baselineRound count, distance, time, load, conditions, or prior setup.
Change one variableMake the test useful instead of theatrical.
Publish the missFailures, tradeoffs, and bad reps are part of the result.
End with a decisionKeep it, change it, train around it, or stop buying it.
03 // Launch sequence

First dispatches.

Start with stories only Lostmyzero can own. Each one becomes a long-form article, a short reel, a data card, and a follow-up after more rounds.

SYSTEMS TEST // PLANNED

Why one optic let me call shots—and the other didn’t.

Same shooter, same session, two rifles. Use presentation consistency, target transitions, and called-shot confidence to explain why forgiving glass can matter more than the feature list.

Video A/BSetup diagramDecision card
04 // Tools

Free shooter tools.

Precision zero-target generator: sub-MOA aiming dots, true 1-MOA grid, computed impact point for your exact load. More tools coming.

Open Zero Target Generator
05 // Identity

Not an operator. A practitioner.

Lostmyzero covers practical shooting, gear testing, handloading, and fieldcraft with a practitioner’s eye. The point is not to look tactical. The point is to become measurably harder to surprise—on the clock, at the bench, and in ordinary life.

The zero gets lost. The plan breaks. The gear lies. Good. That is where the useful story starts.

Follow the live feed.

Match footage, gear tests, load data, and the work in progress—before it becomes a full dispatch.

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