Having worked more copper than it's right for a man to touch, I found that copper's metal memory was decent, but not spectacular, and the amount of deformation defined the amount of memory (unlike say beryllium, which once formed, you could crush and it would unfold) and if it it bowed too badly, it will not reform.

That's a fscked up mount in my opinion, but my opinion counts little around here, I'm willing to bet. But anyway, I wanted to drop in and add my experience to the thread, and drop Gabe a vote of confidence.