A gas-dampened recoil rest with remote trigger release for a rifle for allowing a shooter to fire the rifle without any human contact and possible motion contamination. The rest includes a gas-dampened recoil rest and a remote trigger release. The gas-dampened recoil rest stationarily receives the rifle. The remote trigger release is operatively connected to the rifle, and together with the gas-dampened recoil rest, allow the shooter to fire the rifle without any human contact and possible motion contamination.