Varmint Specials were in some way "special" compared to more recently produced rifles. Not sure if that's total poppycock.
That sounds more like a sales pitch than reality.
There are new Remingtons that do great and old ones that do as well
They are just heavy barreled 700's, no matter what model name they are given, since that usually just denotes finish and stock variations, and sometimes barrel length.
There's no way to predict which will be more accurate without testing them both