Yes, true/ straight flanges and no gaskets. These headers may not have leaked without the extra bolts, but after seeing the issues first hand several times, not only on mopars, but sbc stuff also, there was no good reason not to add the bolts.
I use a staging strategy that adds ALOT of exhaust heat. Maybe this is why my experiences are different. No reason I see not to do this. Your results may vary....


"use it 'till it breaks, replace as needed"