Asiak gave away Inuk's surplus German Kar 98K!

Anyone else notice how it didn't bother Inuk (Quinn) that his wife, Asiak gave away his recently acquired, surplus WWII German Kar 98k bolt-action rifle? Inuk went to all that trouble to hunt 100 white Artic foxes to pay for the bolt-action rifle. (The slaughter of so many animals would be an repugnant no-no in today's world) Also I would say that Inuk greatly overpayed for his vintage WWII German Kar 98k rifle with 100 fox hides. A surplus Mauser Kar 98k was cheaper in 1959. Plus the trader was a cheap, dour-faced, bastard in not giving Inuk some ammunition with the rifle. After all, the merchant was going to make a huge profit with the fox pelts.

The WWII German Kar 98k Mauser bolt-action rifle was such a high-quality, sturdy, and accurate firearm that surplus ones are still available for sale in 2011 and function just as reliably. The Germans were never known for making shoddy weapons, except for a few, rushed, cheap prototypes at the very end of the war when all was already lost. Inuk's surplus Mauser Kar 98k was a better rifle than the sporterized Enfield used by the other hunter; but I don't mean the Enfield was inferior. It was a good battle rifle, too, but the Mauser is still considered one of the best battle rifles ever made. The Mauser and the Enfield were both adequate for hunting anything in Inuk's world except for the polar bear. It was too light a caliber, although it could certainly kill with good shot placement, as shown in the movie in the bear's head.

Is it possible that Inuk realized he had been duped by the trading post merchant and that his newly acquired rifle was useless without ammunition, what I mean is that Inuk would have to go back into the deep interior and hunt for more white Artic foxes. He realized what a losing proposition that rifle was after all and he could get along just nicely with his traditional Inuit weapons. After all, the movie shows that the reasoning and logic of the Inuit was different than us westerners, much of it dictated by their rugged lifestyle, hostile landscape, hard life, and hard choices.