My understanding of the charge process is, there is a linear operating range of Min and Max charge pressure values.
Under charged or over charged becomes a bomb or detonation device.
The published load tables are concerned with a specific powder charge relative to a specific case capacity below the seated bullet.
Change the bullet seating depth, and the case capacity changes.
This directly affects the effect of the charge.
Published data never includes the bullet length or seating depth.
My emails to the powder tech support folks come back as "your bullet is close enough if the same weight and type."
This does not sit well with me... especially with high energy powders like Clays where a small change has a large impact.
I use Quickload and the published Lyman bullet dimensions to calculate the actual case volume filled by the powder.
I then measure the seated depth of the bullet I want to use and plug it into Quickload.
I use the standard case trim dimension and let the cartridge OAL float as it will.
Marlin 1894 are known to be finicky about feeding 38SP cartridge lengths.
There are modifications that cowboy shooters make to the carrier to fine tune this.