Instance of Actor in Character.cpp crashes editor

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I am trying to add an instance of my weapon class to the player character .cpp file, so that from there I can call the functions from the weapon class (shoot/reload etc.), however this crashes the editor and only opens up again once I remove the code and recompile.

Here is how I attempted to add the weapon actor in the player class:

In the .h:

UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = "Weapon", meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
class ABaseWeapon*		Weapon;

In the .cpp:

Weapon = CreateDefaultSubobject<ABaseWeapon>(TEXT("Weapon"));
Weapon->AttachRootComponentTo(RootComponent);

The error that shows up in the crash report:

Unknown exception - code 00000001 (first/second chance not available)

"Fatal error: [File:D:\BuildFarm\buildmachine_++depot+UE4-Releases+4.10\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\Templates\Casts.cpp] [Line: 11]
Cast of MyPaperCharacte

Is this the correct way to add an actor to a player character?

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CreateDefaultSubobject is meant to be used only with components, not actors. Actors need to be spawned.

You should spawn the weapon in e.g. BeginPlay of your character and attach it to some socket.