This is more of suggestion than a question. After we initially added our 3 animations to the animation controller. Instead...

This is more of suggestion than a question. After we initially added our 3 animations to the animation controller. Instead of making each animation the "default state." Right click first animation you added and select "make transition" then click on the next animation (mine was shoot), then do the same with the shoot animation and click on reload. Lastly, make a transition between "reload" and idle. It's an endless loop that'll show you all your animations. But once your done make sure to set the default back to "idle" and click on the transition lines and delete them.