Ray not casting when using GetComponentInChildren

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The title explains it all pretty much. I am using the gun as a prefab so i had to hard code the camera in and it doesnt seem to work. ive moved the “fps cam =…” around so im not sure what the problem is. any help would be great. thanks!

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using Unity.VisualScripting.FullSerializer;
using UnityEngine;

public class Pistol : MonoBehaviour
{

    public float damage = 5f;
    public float magsize = 10f;
    public float firerate = 60f; //Rounds per minute
    public float range = 100f;

    public GameObject player;
    public Camera fpsCam;

    void Awake()
    {

    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1") && Charger.canShoot == true)
        {
            Shoot();
            Debug.Log("Fire");
        }
    }


    void Shoot()
     {  
        fpsCam = player.gameObject.GetComponentInChildren<Camera>(false);

         RaycastHit hit;
         if (Physics.Raycast(fpsCam.transform.position, fpsCam.transform.forward, out hit, range))
         {
            Debug.Log("Object Hit" + hit.transform.name);
            Debug.DrawRay(fpsCam.transform.position, fpsCam.transform.forward, Color.green);
         }
    }


}