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valad:

Also, what measurement was the cartridges' Over All Length (OAL)?

What is the "black marker" method you refer to for OAL?

One measures a loaded cartridge's OAL [length from case head to bullet point]with a dial caliper. Perhaps you are marking the bullet to see where it engraves the rifling; if so, fine, but that is not really the cartridge's OAL....sometimes also written as COAL.