The winner is not some emaciated human-trafficked bride named Sophie, nor is it a Tokarev (but I did look long and hard at them, but realized I didn't have that much cash to spare as I was already cutting it close)
I assume you are talking about the bride being hard to find and too expensive. I have a domestic one, and she costs me more than my dog.... and she isn't near as useful. Never once has she retrieved birds.
That's a nice looking piece. Where are you that your local stores have these, and other mosins for such a reasonable price? Our stores have them between 125 and 150, but the gun shows usually keep the price around 100.