I'm still looking for a pre-ban Mini 14.
Uh, the ban didn't affect the Mini 14, just the capacity of the new magazines sold with it. 20 & 30 round after market magazines are fairly readily available.
Yeah, they're nice. My friend in CA has one... We put up silouettes labeled, "Stainman," and aim at the nuts. Lots of fun.
I have a post ban mini... it's ok. They're not very accurate, unless you do some mods, which I have done. I got my groups down from about 3 to 4 inches at 100 yards, down to 1 to 2 inches. Not too bad, but not as good as my AR15s, stock out of the box.
Why are you looking for a pre ban mini? Is it the novelty of it?
Another thing about the mini 14 is that mags are not very good. At least when I last tried finding a decent 30 round mag, anyway.
What I eventually did was take some 30 round US Magazine mags, and rebuilt them using green followers and springs made for AR15 GI mags. I had to do some grinding on the followers to get them to fit the mini 14 mags, and I lose the bolt hold-open when empty, but a mag that feeds 30 rounds cleanly, vs one that is subject to jam at any time, seemed worth the trade.
I've only fired about 600 rounds through these mags, but I have yet to have a jam.