Rem 700 is harder to get to feed/function the short fat bastids. Go with a Model 70 WSSM action. Don't have to do anything with it.

My gunsmith actually has a 700 he rebarreled, and I think it's for sale...

I'll throw a pic of mine up here shortly.

“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
ALDO LEOPOLD