Kiwi,
It's a legitimate point. I wasn't really considering the injestion of oil past the gasket because the gasket was well-annealed and sprayed with copper sealer and the head had just been mounted and torqued evenly (I thought) at 32 ft.-lb. I'll test the torque on the exposed bolts, the problem being, if they move, it's basically a commitment to remove the rocker box and torque the rest. By then, the head might just as well come off so the gasket can be visually checked for leakage paths and the guides checked for tight.
I was thinking about just riding it and letting it spew for a few hundred miles to see if it cleared-up on its own by letting the rings seat. Wishful thinking, maybe, since my bores were basically oversized to the point of book-recommended re-bore before installing the new rings. Also, some folks (Muskrat, for example) have reported successful running on oversized bores. In any case, the whole deal started as a test to see if new rings would be enough to allow the oversized bores. It's too soon to declare failure on that front.
Richard L.