The OAL will depend on the bullet profile. A common 38/357 158 grn lead round nose (round like a ball) is loaded to a shorter OAL. For that I was loading 1.10-1.12". A round nose flat point would be slightly shorter.
A more Lugar shaped 38, like Bayou Bullets offers, is loaded longer, I load at 1.15". The capacity behind the bullet is about the same for both and gives enough bullet for the case to hold on to with a tapper crimp. I was trying for a similar case volume behind the bullet compared with my 147 grn 9mm Lugar load.
I load 358 sized bullets and did have some issues with bulge with some bullets from a batch I got from Black Bullets International, about 10 out 100, but that was consistency of that batch of bullets. I've gone through 1000 of the Bayou Bullets and all chambered.
Westczek