single wipe sockets just require discipline. make sure the legs are parallel and straight and clean. if the socket is damaged, you replace it. no disrespect to OP but if they're making the kind of inquiries they are, they're not going to be replacing about 50 sockets on 4 layer boards because it's fashionable to just say all single wipe sockets are junk. there's brand new dual wipe sockets obviously engineered in China that in many cases aren't going to be that much of an improvement. and those are hours of your life you're not going to get back, and if you're inexperienced in the arts of soldering, you can obviously make everything that much worse. for what, cause you listened to people on a message board or on a youtube channel?
I'm all for preventative maintenance because I don't get my repeat business from scotch tape and bubble gumming games together just for them to break again, I get it because I do the job right the first time. but given all the logic deep dive board level work I've done the last month and a half there's much of it where I wish I just left the old sockets in. if anyone was seeking a professional grade opinion on the matter.
to elaborate more on Atari System 2 though, the only issue I had with a 6116 ram socket was it just literally wasn't all soldered in from the factory. the robot was working at 4:30 pm on a Friday that day I guess.