Actually it doesn't
"Elasticity" is far greater in ductile metals, Annealing improves ductility - that's just a fact
nice analogy of boiled macaroni but it doesn't quite work like that.
the harder the alloy the less "springback" or "elasticity"
it just opens and stays open when you force the bullet in
not suggesting you can't shoot as a result of not annealing, clearly the scores you post are above average
but...physics is physics.
Its not really open to debate...
examples galore if you look
http://paperity.org/p/16721797/effec...anocrystalline
2. The variations in the hardness and modulus of elasticity
of (ED) nc-Ni with annealing temperature
define the following three regions.
a. Region I at 300 K (27 C) <T<350 K (77 C): in
this region, the hardness and modulus of elasticity
of the nc-Ni remain essentially constant.
b. Region II at 350 K (77 C) <T<500 K (227 C):
in this region, the hardness and modulus of elasticity
of nc-Ni increase with increasing grain size and
the holding time has no significant effect on the
value of the hardness.
c.
Region III at T>500 K (227 C): in this region,
the hardness drops and then decreases with
increasing grain size. In addition, in this region, the
hardness depends on the holding time: the higher
the holding time, the lower the hardness. On the
other hand, the modulus of elasticity approaches a
maximum value of ~240 GPa.
http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php...load/8443/6280
"cold-drawing deformation and subsequent annealing have a great influence on
the super-elasticity."
SUMMARY = the lower the hardness - the higher the elasticity
but we seem to have strayed into a darker area than perhaps the OP wanted to.....