Jonatan Johansson scored twice and Neil McCann netted his first goal for Rangers to help the Ibrox side to a Tennents Scottish Cup fourth-round victory which was as predictable as it was comfortable.
The First Division team were on their knees when McCann scored the sixth after 76 minutes, Johansson having scored his second 60 seconds earlier and a long time after he had started the landslide in the fifth minute.
The goal began with Giovanni van Bronckhorst's corner from the right, the ball headed on to Johansson, whose own header was blocked by Hillcoat. The Finn was alert to the rebound, forcing the ball over the line from close range.
Rangers enjoyed the little break they needed to lift their supporters' spirits three minutes before half-time - a penalty when McCann fell to Chris Hillcoat's challenge. Jorg Albertz made his customary cool job of the conversion.
Rangers switched to a three-man defence in the second half: within 10 minutes, they scored the third through Tony Vidmar. Andrei Kanchelskis scored the fourth 11 minutes later - a sweet 1-2 with substitute Charlie Miller and a powerful right-foot drive low to the net.
Hamilton: J. Hillcoat, Renicks, Cunnington, C. Hillcoat, Berry, Thomson, McAulay (McKenzie 68), N. Henderson (Moore 62), McCormick, Wales, D. Henderson (Clark 68).
Rangers: Klos, Porrini, Amoruso, Vidmar (Wilson 81), Ferguson, Van Bronckhorst, Kanchelskis, McCann, Albertz (Miller 62), Wallace (Guivarc'h 45), Johansson. Goals: Johansson 4, Albertz 42 pen, Vidmar 56, Kanchelskis 65, Johansson 72, McCann 75.
Referee: M McCurry (Glasgow).
Quarter-Finals Draw
Motherwell v St Johnstone; Ayr Utd v Clydebank or Ross County or Dundee Utd; Greenock Morton v Celtic; Rangers v Falkirk. Ties will be played over the weekend of the 6th/7th of March.
