Ring Gap?

Don't think your ring gap is too large. Had a 47 plym coupe with a 400 that I bought as a fixer-upper. Tore the engine down as it was using a lot of oil. All rings had a gap of .125 (1/8 in) and all gaps on all pistons faced to the front. Turned out that the oil consumption was due to a reused valley/ intake gasket. A bit larger gap in my opinion is no big deal on a driver.