Problem with Raycast

Well basically I have a cube which when within a certain range from my first person control, starts shooting bullets. There is a problem with the raycasting used to detect when the bullets hit the player. For some reason the bullets get deleted immediately after instantiation though and I can't figure why. This is the script of the bullet prefab used to destroy the bullets and change the HP of the player if the bullets hit him.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class deletion : MonoBehaviour {
     
     public int death_counter;
     public int damage;
     
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start () {
     Destroy(gameObject, death_counter);
     }
     
     void Update () {
         
      Vector3 fwd = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);
      RaycastHit hit;
 
         if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, fwd, out hit, 0.051f) )
             if (hit.collider.name == "Player") {
             HP health = GameObject.Find("Player").GetComponent<HP>();
             health.curHp = health.curHp - damage;
         }
             Destroy(gameObject);
         
     }
 }

Any help would be appreciated!