I had a recent experience I wanted to share and find out if someone else has experienced it.

While at the range, I noticed dull green powder granules spilling out of fired cases (just a tiny amount). I figured it had to do with the usage of that powder in my .32 S&W Long. Well, it does it with my wife's .357 Magnum loads also. Since its not the same color as when its in canister form (black), I am wondering if its unburned/ scorched/ or just "extra". At any rate, I am not very impressed with this powder.

Curious...

That describes the appearance of most smokeless powders when partially burned. AA #5 is a fine powder. You're just using it in a load where it's a bit slow burning for the application and doesn't burn up completely. You didn't mention the loads, but I'd bet they're on the light side.

That said, I like #2 and find it appropriate to a wide variety of non-magnum pistol cartridges.

I guess common sense ain't so common, huh?

In one application- yes. As I recall, the .38 Spcl load generates about 950 fps with a 158 gr. bullet. I think it was 5.2 grains of AA#5. In the .32 S&W, it was a max load- 3.8 gr AA#5 with 85 gr. XTP. Thanks for the input.