Nickle barrels questions

[Cookiemann]

1  Does the inside of the barrel get plated?
2  If you cut one down, how do you re-plate the muzzle?
3  If you don't cut it down and ream it for chokes does it mess up the plating on the muzzle?
4  Can you solder sights to it?

Any other facts or tech info on working with a nickled barrel would be appreciated. 

Thanks Cookiemann

[gunnut69]

1)no
2)You really can't. Replating the entire piece is the only way to go.
3)It can though not always. The nickle plating is applied to a layer of copper as
      nickle won't stick to bare steel. If the bonds break the nickle can peel. Some
      times nickle peels just for fun..
4)Nickle will discolor if heated and I would bet solder won't stick..

Nickle is applied in 2 ways, eloectro plate and electroless plating. electro plating leaves uneven spots in the plate layer, electroless doesn't. Of course there are other finishes that are plated also such as hard chrome. They have differeing properties.