Yeah...you could still buy the rifles they just couldn't have those features. If you had the evil "hi-cap" magazines, you could buy a new ban-era rifle and the mags worked just fine. Nothing that was made before 9/94 was affected...other than the price went way up. You could still buy/sell/trade/possess in most places.

It did absolutely nothing other than force manufacturers to stop putting bayo lugs, suppressors and collapsible/folding stocks on rifles.

It would more accurately be called the "94 Hi Cap Magazine Ban".