I like cool new gear as much as the next cop but I don't see it being super practical for patrol. I used to run a ready mag on my patrol rifle and it only took clearing a middle school we found unlocked one night to cause me to take it off. The extra mag just gets too heavy and bothersome at the low ready for 45 minutes. I just leave a 30 rounder in the gun and keep a 20 rounder on my duty belt. I have a thigh rig with two more 30 round rifle mags and two pistol mags shingled on. I keep the buckle on my duty belt and the rig with my rifle so I don't forget it when grabbing the rifle. I also have a go bag with them in the trunk with more ammo if the situation calls for it. I'm very comfortable with this set up and it has taken me several years to get everything just right.
But I just don't see where a 60 round mag would fit into a setup. Real estate on our belts are very hard to come by, and I just don't think it would fit or work in a thigh rig, vest or go bag. The only option I could see would be leaving it in the gun but again the weight could quickly start to suck. Maybe have it in the gun during patrol and when you go on a call and grab the rifle swap it out for a smaller mag with the only exceptions being an activer shooter or man with a gun call. Other than that I don't think it would work for me. The more ammo you can carry on you is always better though. If people were dying i wouldnt want to be the guy to leave them half way thru the fight to run back to the car for a reload. It'd be fun to own one though. This is just my thinking of course.
"Out of every ONE HUNDRED men, TEN should not be here, EIGHTY are nothing but targets,
NINE are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they the battle make."
"Ah, but the ONE, ONE of them is a WARRIOR, and he will bring the others back."
-Heraclitus 500 BC
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