I have been very happy with Tula in 9mm Makarov and .380 ACP. I've also used Barnaul/Silver Bear and LVE in 9mm Mak with no problems. I reload .45, .38, and .44, but get a kick out of buying throw-away cases.
Regarding steel cases, I had always heard never to run one into a resizing die, you'd never get it out. I ran a WWII .45 case into the die once by mistake and the only reason I realized it was that it was so easy to resize. Of course I did not reload it.