SetCycle of a View Model?

[Ablationer]

I've been toying around with the idea of making a special sniper using the SG550 model that would work as a bolt-action like the Scout or the AWP, so what I was considering at first was a very early and simple bit called when firing, that would after a short delay, play only the last part of the reloading animation.

			timer.Simple(0.5,
			function()
				if self:IsValid() and self.Owner:IsValid() then
				self.Owner:GetViewModel():SetSequence( 3 )
				self.Owner:GetViewModel():SetCycle(0.8)
				end
			end)

It worked but right away I ran into a problem: SetCycle doesn't seem to be doing anything. The gun plays the full reload animation instead of simply the last bit of it which is pulling the bolt.

I did a print on the GetCycle to see what the number would be, and it seems that the animation starts at cycle 0 then ends at 1, hence why I put 0.8 there.

Anyone has a clue?