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A gunsmith removes a barrel by clamping the barrel in a special vise then, using an action wrench with inserts made for that action, he unscrews the action from the barrel. That is especially necessary with the round Remington receiver, which has no recoil lug. You can buy the tools from Brownells but they are not cheap and it is always a question about the cost effectiveness of expensive tools bought for one job.
Another point is that it is never a good idea to try to inlet a stock with only the action; there are a lot of ways to mess that up.
I suggest you contact the gunsmith and tell him what you want done. You don't need to take the rifle to him. Ask him to send you a signed copy of his FFL and with that you can mail the barrelled action (no stock) and the new barrel to him from your local post office. When he gets the new barrel put on, he can return the rifle directly to you.
Then, with the new barrel in place, you can do the stock fitting properly with less chance of messing things up.
Jim
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