I have been thinking, maybe too much......

Im sure many of you have noticed that when you mount your rings on your rail, their is a tiny bit of forward and backward movement, (slop). It feels about like .010 a .015. I have never actually measured how much.
My question is :
Does it matter which way you push your rings before you tighten them down ? My concern is the recoil, will push them one way or the other ??
Will they settle at a resting spot after a few shots ??

As I am typing this , I just thought of something... Would one benefit to push one ring forward and one back ?

I'm probably thinking too much, but lets here your thoughts, especially you guys shooting tack driving ppc's and br's.
Thank you