Kind of off the wall, a number of years back I used to work part time for an automotive machinist friend. To him the most important part of doing cylinders was boring and homing with deck plates installed. In his opinion (and many years of experience) the deck plates were as important as the honing procedure to ensure round cylinders. The only method he used when assembling the short block was to dunk the pistons with rings installed in 10 weight oil and install them in dry cylinders. I am certainly not an engine expert, but I have stuck with his methods and never experience a ring seating problem.