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Your OAL should work. If you are able to increase your OAL and still have them fit the magazine all the way to the bottom and they feed well to the chamber you will still be fine. I wouldn't consider making the OAL less. As mentioned work the load up and this should work for you. It is hard to say just what OAL is best for pistol loads. It depends on the profile of the bullet used and the pistol it is for. I have one CZ pistol that requires me to load shorter for it than any other pistol I have. I load with my OAL based on that pistol. I am able to use the same ammo with every pistol if I do this.
I find jacketed bullets much easier to work with than lead or plated. It is easier to get the crimp right and smoke is a lot less. I also don't have to slug the barrel when loading jacketed bullets and leading is a non issue. I like easy.
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