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Shooting rests and associated methods of manufacture and use. A rear support of a shooting rest includes a stop configured to inhibit rearward movement of a firearm when the firearm is supported on the rest and fired. The stop supports a recoil pad for cushioning recoil of the firearm.

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1. A shooting rest for supporting a firearm having a forward portion and a rearward portion rearward from the forward portion, the shooting rest comprising: a frame;a forward support operatively connected to the frame for supporting the forward portion of the firearm;a rear support operatively conne

1. A shooting rest for supporting a firearm having a forward portion and a rearward portion rearward from the forward portion, the shooting rest comprising: a frame;a forward support operatively connected to the frame for supporting the forward portion of the firearm;a rear support operatively connected to the frame for supporting the rearward portion of the firearm, the rear support including a stop configured to inhibit rearward movement of the firearm relative to the frame when the firearm is supported on the rest and fired, the stop including a rear panel having at least one opening therein, the rear support further comprising a recoil pad for cushioning recoil of a butt of the firearm, the recoil pad including a resiliently compressible cushion positioned in front of the rear panel and at least one protrusion extending rearward from the cushion through the at least one opening of the rear panel for mounting the recoil pad on the rear panel. 2. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 1 wherein the at least one opening in the rear panel comprises a hole and the rear panel defines a perimeter surrounding the hole. 3. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 1 wherein the at least one protrusion includes a head and a neck, the neck connecting the head to the cushion and extending through the at least one opening, the head having a forward facing surface overlying a rearward facing surface of the rear panel for retaining the protrusion in the at least one opening. 4. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cushion and protrusion are formed as one piece with each other. 5. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 1 wherein the at least one opening of the rear panel comprises a plurality of openings and the at least one protrusion of the recoil pad comprises a plurality of protrusions corresponding to respective openings. 6. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 5 wherein the protrusions include heads arranged in a row extending between upper and lower ends of the rear panel. 7. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a cover for covering at least a portion of the stop. 8. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 7 wherein the stop includes left and right panels in front of the rear panel, and the cover includes left and right sides configured for covering inside surfaces of the left and right panels of the stop. 9. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 7 wherein the cover is formed separately from the recoil pad. 10. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 9 wherein the cover includes an opening in front of the rear panel, the recoil pad being received in said opening in the cover. 11. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 10 wherein the cover includes an edge margin adjacent said opening in the cover and the recoil pad includes a rearward facing surface overlying the edge margin. 12. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 7 wherein the stop includes opposite inwardly extending flanges received in slots in the cover. 13. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 7 wherein the cover comprises a thermoplastic material. 14. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 13 wherein the cushion comprises a thermoplastic material, the thermoplastic material of the cover having a durometer of between about 70 Shore A and about 100 Shore A, and the thermoplastic material of the cushion having a durometer of between about 20 Shore A and about 60 Shore A. 15. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cushion comprises a thermoplastic material having a durometer between about 20 Shore A and about 60 Shore A. 16. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 15 wherein the cushion has a thickness of at least 0.5 inch extending between front and rear surfaces of the cushion for cushioning recoil of the firearm. 17. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 16 wherein the cushion includes a plurality of voids therein. 18. A shooting rest as set forth in claim 17 wherein the plurality of voids comprise bores extending between opposite left and right sides of the cushion. 19. A method of manufacturing a shooting rest for supporting a firearm having a forward portion and a rearward portion rearward from the forward portion, the method comprising: assembling a rear support for supporting the rearward portion of the firearm;wherein assembling the rear support comprises mounting a recoil pad of the rear support on a stop of the rear support by disposing at least one protrusion of the recoil pad in at least one opening of the stop;wherein disposing the protrusion in the opening comprises disposing a neck of the protrusion in the opening, the neck being narrower than a body of the recoil pad from which the protrusion protrudes. 20. A method as set forth in claim 19 wherein the rear portion of the firearm includes a butt, and mounting the recoil pad on the stop comprises arranging a cushion of the recoil pad for cushioning the butt of the firearm when the butt of the firearm is received on the rear support. 21. A method as set forth in claim 19 wherein disposing the at least one protrusion in the at least one opening comprises deforming the protrusion to force the protrusion into the opening. 22. A method as set forth in claim 21 wherein deforming the protrusion comprises resiliently deforming a head of the protrusion and after disposing the protrusion in the opening permitting the head to resiliently assume a non-deformed configuration. 23. A method of manufacturing a shooting rest for supporting a firearm having a forward portion and a rearward portion rearward from the forward portion, the method comprising: assembling a rear support for supporting the rearward portion of the firearm;wherein assembling the rear support comprises mounting a recoil pad of the rear support on a stop of the rear support by disposing at least one protrusion of the recoil pad in at least one opening of the stop;wherein mounting the recoil pad on the stop comprises sandwiching a stop cover between the recoil pad and the stop.