The duo of Alex Marshall and Paul Foster hammered Malaysia 20-3 to secure Scotland's 12th gold of a marvellous games for the home nation, surpassing their previous best of 11, set in Melbourne in 2006.
In the pairs bronze medal match there was victory for England over Namibia.
South Africa defeated Northern Ireland 19-10 to claim gold in the men's triples, with Wales beating Australia to bronze.
Day five saw further success for the home nations, with England adding extensively to their medal tally.
Nick Matthew beat James Willstrop in an all-English men's squash singles final, coming through 11-9 8-11 11-5 6-11 11-5 in an enthralling five-game encounter.
Peter Barker made it an English clean sweep of the podium in that event by overcoming Saurav Ghosal in the bronze medal clash.
Laura Massaro failed to replicate the feat of compatriot Matthew, the world champion succumbing to a 12-10 11-2 11-5 defeat to world number one Nicol David in the women's gold medal encounter.
Further disappointment for England came in the bronze medal match, which saw New Zealand's Joelle King overcome Alison Waters to clinch the final spot on the podium.
On the track Olympic champion Kirani James started his tilt at the 400 metre title with a dominant victory in his heat, the Grenadian qualifying in 45.52secs ahead of England's Michael Bingham.
The early athletics action at Hampden Park brought another medal for England as Dan Greaves won the men's F42/44 discus with a throw of 59.21m.
It was a strong day for Singapore in racket sports, with victory against England in the men's team table tennis final and success at India's expense in the mixed teams badminton bronze match.
That defeat marked another near-miss for India, whose men's table tennis team came off second best to Nigeria in a contest for bronze.
There was better news for India as Jitu Rai won their seventh gold of the Games in the men's 50m pistol shooting.
Australia's Warren Potent and Laetisha Scanlan solidified their country's position at the top of the medal table with successes in the 50m rifle prone and women's trap respectively.
Sally Johnston of New Zealand shot a Games record of 620.7 points to win the women's 50m rifle prone, while elsewhere there was gold for Cameroon's Marie Fegue in the women's 69kg weightlifting.