custom pistol attack animation not working

[N3cr0mancerJ1m]

Recently made a modified '1hpattackright' animation (standard pistol attack animation).

When i put it in the Meshes->Characters->_Male folder and started the game to see if it worked, I pulled out my pistol and clicked the shoot button.

Nothing happened.

The character just stood there in the standard pistol idle stance. When I removed my modified animation from the meshes folder, the usual pistol attack worked fine.

Where have I gone wrong? Is there something I have to do in Nifskope to make the pistol fire at the right point in the animation, as I have changed the position of the hands?

Advice would be appreciated. No tutorials so far have helped all that much.