The striker seems to love playing Accies and his latest treble took his tally of goals against them alone this season to six in just three games.
He now has 17 overall for this term and with 13 of those coming in his last 10 matches, Boyd’s a man on form right now.
With Kenny Miller grabbing his seventh strike of the campaign too, the pair are working really well as a partnership which is great news for Walter Smith.
They aren’t the only ones raising the bar though and this was as ruthless a display as we’ve seen from the Ibrox outfit for some time.
With that said, this initially looked like it could be a day to forget for the manager as his men fell behind after just two minutes.
Steven Whittaker’s mistake gave Hamilton a chance to break the deadlock inside and they took it as the home defence was horribly exposed.
He lost possession to Joel Thomas and after Allan McGregor couldn’t hold a cross when it came in, James McArthur lobbed him and Madjid Bougherra to score.
It took the small band of travelling fans a couple of seconds to realise the ball had hit the net, such was their disbelief they’d seen their side secure an advantage.
Gers tried to hit back and Whittaker was clearly out to make amends for his error with a surging run down the right.
He crossed low into the box and after Barry Ferguson dummied with a cute stepover, Miller forced a magnificent save from Tomas Cerny on the turn.
The Czech keeper tipped away but seconds later, with 10 minutes on the clock, Smith’s side was level again.
A teasing ball came in from Bougherra on the right and Ferguson tried to shoot but was blocked.
The rebound fell to Miller on the edge of the box and he hit it so cleanly that is whistled into the net before Cerny could muster a proper response to his effort.
Hearts were in mouths as Accies edged upfield again, with the awkward Thomas doing everything he could to elude Bougherra.
But thanks to their quick equaliser, it was the hosts who started to pull the strings and they pushed the game further into their opponents’ half.
DaMarcus Beasley made a great run to latch onto Sasa Papac’s slide pass and he cut in from the left to set up Miller but his poke went a foot wide.
It looked like that might be the American’s last contribution after an awful challenge by Chris Swailes floored him but he was able to continue.
A brilliant flick by Pedro Mendes played in Boyd but he couldn’t make the space he needed to get a shot in on goal.
He did, however, after 28 minutes when he put the Light Blues 2-1 up with a great finish from Miller’s pinpoint pass as he shot low across Cerny.
Seconds later, Ferguson was inches from adding a third when he bundled Bougherra’s clip towards goal but Cerny threw himself onto the ball on the line.
Boyd was also agonisingly close to finding the scoresheet again when he broke the offside trap – and almost the crossbar too – with a fierce drive that rattled the woodwork.
Rangers were reminded they still had some work to do when a blistering Swailes volley flashed a yard over after the home defence failed to clear James McCarthy’s free kick.
Steven Davis’ determination helped him set up Boyd and his deft flick was deflected wide as half-time approached.
Miller also screwed over the bar after Beasley came out of a tussle with McCarthy on top and in possession against the odds
Davis had the final chance of the half but shot over and while they led at the interval, Rangers could have been out of sight by then.
It wasn’t quite as frenetic at the start of second half but Gers were far better than they had been at the kick-off and they went 3-1 up five minutes after the restart.
Boyd was the scorer from the penalty spot and he rifled low to the right after he was fouled by Martin Canning and the defender was sent off.
That gave Gers a cushion and with Boyd priced at a massive 25-1 by one bookmaker to score a hat-trick before the game, punters started to look hopefully at their coupons.
The moment they were waiting on came after 62 minutes when Ferguson released Davis and the striker tapped in his third from the cross.
How Miller never then made it 5-1 is anyone’s guess and he had two close-range efforts blocked on the line when it seemed easier to score.
With that, a glut of substitutions were made by both teams and the most notable introduction was that of teenage winger Aaron.
He came on to make his debut after signing on loan from Valencia but it was another replacement, Kyle Lafferty, who struck the fifth.
The Northern Ireland hitman placed well in the corner after his countryman Davis failed to prod in Nacho Novo’s cross on the line.
Gers still weren’t finished and with three minutes to go, they still had two more goals to score.
Novo got the first and it was a strike made in Spain with Aaron picking the ball up on the left, curving into the area and leaving his compatriot to do the rest.
Davis then rounded things off on his return to the team as he turned Lafferty’s knock down over the line to send the home support home happy.