With enough dedication you probably could, the bullet and casing will be different and you might run into issues with removing the primer. The powder will also be a factor as there are so many of them with different burn rates and you really don't want to over pressure a round.
So if you were in a position of no ammunition and had some time on your hand, you could easily create ammunition. Good stuff, thanks for info american.
You'd have to know what you were doing, you can't load a rifle round with pistol powder or you'll grenade your gun; primers come in many sizes, each round usually has a different case style, length and width and the bullets are usually different between calibers with a few crossovers. I've also never reloaded before, this is all from a standard gun owner.
That was what the "time on your hand" was implying, of course you don't play with explosives without learning about them beforehand.
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