[dmazur]

Well, I won't expend a lot of time arguing the point. It's a free country. (Well, except for a few states...)

From the Sierra Reloading Manual (5th Ed.) -

OAL: Over All Length: The total length of a loaded cartridge. May also be listed as LOA (Length Over All), or COL (Cartridge Overall Length).

However, even dictionaries "cave" to common use and legitimize slang and defacto synonyms.

And this forum is already afflicted with posts which are absolutely devoid of capital letters and punctuation.

So, you are probably right.