Edelbrock Head Quality

I just unboxed a pair of small block RPM heads and found 'peppering' on the fire deck. There is a small chance the cutter didn't clean up the cast face but wirh the consistency across the surface it looks more like inclusion porosity to me. Has anyone else noticed this on their heads?


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Mine had scratches but I didn't look that closely to find pits. If there were any there they were tiny and few. In the end I decided:

that's what gaskets are for