Considered the pinnacle of the sport, Moon, 59, fired a perfect score of 50 in his final round to clinch the event. He also won the grand championship while he was second in the Rolph - a two day lead-up event.

Moon is the Manning River Times-Iguana Sportstar of the Week, earning a $50 open order at Iguana.

This is actually Moon’s fifth Queens - but his first since 1994. He admits to getting pretty emotional after finally securing the win.

“I suppose I didn’t think I’d ever win another one,’’ he said.

“After it was all over - well, the water works started a bit.’’

Moon said he was shooting reasonably well going into the event. This was confirmed when he finished second in the two day Rolph.

The Queens ran for three days and an A-grade field of 200 took part. This included current and past Australian representatives. After the first day Moon sat in second position. He was third after the second and well in contention for higher honours. But he went into the last round having to score a perfect 50/50 to have any chance of winning. Just to make matters a bit more difficult, a storm was brewing.

“They call it being in the zone these days,’’ Moon said of his last round performance.

“I think that’s where I was. It was one of those days where everything went right.’’

Moon achieved the perfect score at the Queen’s Prize.

However, he concedes there were plenty of apprehensive moments over the duration of the shoot, especially as he knew he was a contender.

“I just tried to stick to my regular routine. But it was tough - just eating breakfast was difficult and I had a few sleepless nights.’’

Moon’s five day aggregate of 748/750 comfortably won him the grand championship. As is rifle shooting tradition, he was carried off the range to the presentation.

Winning two of the three major championships on offer is a rarity, adding to Moon’s achievement.

Moon has a long and successful record in rifle shooting. But he rates this performance as up there with the best.