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Making the material bend 180 degrees, even when heated cherry red, opens up edges on the outside of the radius. The best springers will carefully grind and polish the springs after bending, and tempering. Lesser quality springs probably don't get this skilled attention.
Edgar,
I agree with everything you said but it dose not explain why this spring broke in the location that it did.