How full is my oil pan?

Duane said
My race x block has no provision for a dip stick. Rather than drill a hole for one, I put a sight plug in my oil pan. I measured from the pan rail to the bottom of the wind age tray and placed my sight plug in the middle of that distance. This way I know the crank is not dipping into the oil level. No where's near the seals.

I didn't have a stock dick stick to put in it cuz obviously those always get destroyed coming out if they're even salvageable. so I bought one of those cheap Chrome tubes with a dipstick off of summit or something. I have an entire thread dedicated to when the stroker ate that first dipstick and all the pictures a long time ago. So now I just put the measured amount and a little stubby 6 inch lo dummy dipstick with a spring attached to it so it can't fall out.
Sooo, I believe I have the stock dipstick to check the oil with the summit Chrome cheap tube. when it gets about a half inch from going all the way and it feels like it hits something and I have to twist it and bang on it till it passes it and can go all the way in? Probably whatever that is the crank? I believe, I don't know why still?