[Gaz64]

In a perfect world they would touch, but it would be noisy until the contacts wore each other out to zero clearance.

Some rotor buttons have adjustable tips for those who like to set minimum gap.

If you can get .001 across all terminals, you are doing well.

I think the OP is chasing a component fault.
Either weak coil, bad pickup, or bad module, or possibly bad wiring installation.

Myself, I would chuck all the MSD stuff out, start fresh with Mallory or Pertronix.