Scotland might not have been one of the richest lands in Europe, but when its well organised army marched to war it went well equipped with artillery. The Frame gun was a Scots favourite for it was small, compact and easy to manoeuvre. They could be single barrelled, double-barrelled or even quadruple barrelled, and they could fire round or hail shot and would be able to keep up a quick rate of fire. Scots armies seemed to field many of these useful machines of destruction, indeed some people called small guns such as these 'murderers'.