Head gasket woes

My guess was going to be torque wrench. I've run ARP bolts and studs for the last 15 years and never had problems. My current 408 runs in at a shade under 12 to 1 but my 416 will be closer to 13 to 1. I'm toying with the idea of o-ringing the block on the 416.
I'm glad you guys pointed the calibration out. As I was torqueing the heads on my 414 project they seemed to "tighten up" to fast from 65-95#.