My understanding is that aluminum and steel are both no gos for reloading. Also some guns like my Marlin lever action tell you not to use aluminum cases. Apparently the bullets can be pushed back into the cases.
That goes for revolvers too.
could you reload them as dummy rounds? If so i would take a few
I noticed some of the steel cases in .45 are boxer primed, but I had never tried reloading them. It sounds like if a guy were in a pinch he could get by with the steel ones. I buy (and/or sell) my brass by the 1000, so I probably will not be needing steel ones, but it is nice to know that it can be done.