OK, I am finally the owner of a host rifle for the project... I have been going shop to shop looking for a used 223 case head rifle and I managed to find a brand new Rem 700 ADL synthetic for $339.
Now I need to reasure myself that I want the 20-inch heavy profile... and I need to find myself a stock as I do have a Remington 700 LTR stock but it is a DM... with the 300 Whisper I need to get a BDL style stock... I also likely need to find the BDL bottom metal for the 223 as I am sure it is different then the 308 sized units...