The characteristic small angle x‐ray scattering from cold worked polycrystalline foils of Cu, Al, and Ni is found to appear immediately when the foil is stretched in the x‐ray beam at liquid air temperature. The scattering at a fixed angle is a reversible function of foil temperature as long as recrystallization temperatures are not exceeded. The temperature dependence is about twice that expected from the Debye temperature factor of an average Bragg reflection. It is postulated that the small angle scattering is the result of two successive Bragg reflections from two slightly misoriented subgrains of the same grain. The small angle scattering is found to be polarized. This can be understood only on the double Bragg scattering model. The double Bragg model was suggested by our observation of occasional isolated small angle peaks from annealed foils. These have unusual characteristics which quickly eliminate any possible single scattering source. They are double scattering from two large annealed grains which sometimes accidentally satisfy all the orientation requirements.