Are these folks pretty reputable?

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Here's some pictures of my Tweedie Footwear pouches. After taking a closer look, I can see that the one on the left is 1956, but the one on the right with slightly different stitching and material, appears to be marked 1958. - Bob

Bob,

What seems strange to me is that they have the same month and day 12-20. Same month and day two years apart? It kind of looks like an 8, curled in about half way up. I wonder if it could be an ink bleeding issue.

Latest year I have held in my hand was:

The POCKET, AMMUNITION MAGAZINE
(Caliber, 30, M-1, CARBINE OR RIFLE)
FSN 8465-261-6922
RANIER BELL CO., INC. QM (CTM) 250 01 2637-E-57, 5-24-57

[USGI]

What seems strange to me is that they have the same month and day 12-20. Same month and day two years apart? It kind of looks like an 8, curled in about half way up. I wonder if it could be an ink bleeding issue.

Jim,

I noticed that too. It seems strange that Tweedie and Ranier would have their total production run of these pouches started and finished in just one day. Maybe that indicated the first day of their run? I spent some time trying to look up what all those other numbers mean, but gave up! On my two pouches, the last of the (4) digits that follow (CTM) are also questionable. On the left pouch it looks like a 6, and on the right one it looks like an 8. It must just be the way the material "took" the ink, and since the material appears to be slightly different, it just came out looking the way it did on the one to the right. Thanks - Bob