Valid points, though I think that is more of a concern if you are looking at a 3-notch HG, seems like that's what folks do when they want an easy way out. If it's been running around so far with a 2-notch gasket and nothing bad has happened then chances are that's fine for it, and decent likelihood it is original...
Agree there's no downside to measuring and confirming though, in theory; only argument against is that it adds time and takes some special equipment. Trying to make the measurements halfassed with improvised/wrong tools and potentially getting wrong numbers could have worse consequences than not measuring and just using what was in there already. But if done right, it can only help...
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