Mopar had many different vendors on many of the same part #s over the years that weren't exactly identical to each other
Maybe yours where from KB in the older Mopar boxes
I bought 5 or 6 sets of the Mopar brand starting in around 1999-2001, all of them had the thrust surface machined, the last set I bought in around 2009 was from Milidon and they weren't machined
I'm using 440 Source brand aluminum main caps now, they fit well, according to the machine shop I use, and work well so far
I shouldn't be afraid of using steel main caps, especially on a RB block, but I am