I don't claim to know NM rifles, but the part number is a standard barrel identifier. Maybe it was stamped NM because it met NM specifications. I have seen LRM barrels with the part number milled out and re-stamped with the NM part number. Two NM numbers are 7790134, and 7790135.
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