Need help with value — Benelli Kite

[Heavyopp]

Have the opportunity to aquire 2 Benelli Kite air pistols. Come with 5 air cylinders.
Purchased by my wife’s grandfather in 2010. He recently passed at 98 years old.

Myself and my son would like to keep these guns in the family. No one else wants them.
There is not much about these guns on the web. Pricing back in 2010 was a grand each. Who knows how much the air cylinders where.

Also have 25,000 champion choice pellets. Yes, 50 unopened tins. Also comes with 3 scuba tanks. Do not know if aluminum or steel. Do not know date on them.

I’m just looking for some fair market values to give to his wife, my sons great grandmother. She’s 97. They where married for 75 years.

thanks for any help.

 

[MikeVV]

The only prices that I could find, were at $1000, used. But that was a 2007 timeframe.

Being that hard parts would most likely be a big time problem if required, not counting o-rings (!)...

Tough being a family deal. On one hand, you want to be more than fair, on the other, you don't want to overspend by too much.

Being that they appear complete, with the factory boxes, the extra cylinders, the sights and mounts (won't find THOSE anymore !), I'd say between $900 and $1000 each is pretty fair. Yeah, you gotta add in a lifetime worth of the pellets too !

One big thing, do you have the fitting to fill the cylinders with air ? A hand air pump is all that should be required to fill the cylinders if you plan on shooting them. I also have a 10m target pistol, and that's what I use to fill it. I use my big cylinder to fill my rifles that have much larger air tanks/cylinders.

Seems that they were pretty heavily used in a couple of different Olympic Games.

Mike

 

[Heavyopp]

I would have to imagine the fitting needed to fill with air is there somewhere. He was shooting these up until he couldn’t which luckily was just this summer.

 

[beerthief]

IM sure if you look you will find the fill fitting , OR call Champion Choice they can tell you .

 

[beerthief]

I would have to imagine the fitting needed to fill with air is there somewhere. He was shooting these up until he couldn’t which luckily was just this summer.

might still be on the pump , that's where my fitting lives , also watch YouTube video on how to use the pump , different than using a bicycle pump

 

[Heavyopp]

I have a hill pump, had it for 15 years. Used it to fill a couple of air arms S200s. Moved to compressor very recently, once I bought a M3. Way too much to pump.

These kites where filled by tank. Regular, full sized scuba tanks. I have no idea what pressure he filled to.

I do not see any fill assembly on any pictures of the tanks. I will find out.

 

[CrazyDave]

I hope I'm still shooting well into my 80s.

I think a grand each is way too much for the guns.

I understand wanting to keep things in the family but you are likely looking at some money to get them up to speed. For $2000 you are in the range of a Steyr LP50 which would be many times for enjoyable than the single shot Kite.

 

[Heavyopp]

$2000 is the asking price for everything. I think it’s way too much.
Might think differently if I was into that type of shooting. I am not.

 

[AirNGasman]

"Myself and my son would like to keep these guns in the family. No one else wants them."

That being the case, you are the most qualified buyer. And that being the case, $2000 for the whole shooting match is a reasonable price.

I bought a used Benelli Kite (Kid model) about 15 years ago for $675, and love it. MoF I captured a National Champion title with it at the 2012 U.S. Field Target National Championships; destroying the rest of the Sporter Pistol field.

But in decades of buying, selling and trading hundreds of airguns, your's are the only other Kites I've seen or heard about in the U.S. Hence, assigning an intelligent market value is not possible.

Had to send my Kite to Benelli USA about 5 years ago for reseal, and can't say I was impressed with the work or customer service.

As one of extremely few individuals in the U.S. with ANY knowledge about Benelli Kites, feel free to personal message me for more details I'd be happy to share (in a phone conversation).

 

[wilm]

Have the opportunity to aquire 2 Benelli Kite air pistols. Come with 5 air cylinders.
Purchased by my wife’s grandfather in 2010. He recently passed at 98 years old.

Myself and my son would like to keep these guns in the family. No one else wants them.
There is not much about these guns on the web. Pricing back in 2010 was a grand each. Who knows how much the air cylinders where.

Also have 25,000 champion choice pellets. Yes, 50 unopened tins. Also comes with 3 scuba tanks. Do not know if aluminum or steel. Do not know date on them.

I’m just looking for some fair market values to give to his wife, my sons great grandmother. She’s 97. They where married for 75 years.

thanks for any help.

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I have the same but the long version barrel lengt 24cm was about 1200€ in 2012 it is a great pistol !!!! as i see yours is also barrel 24 cm and have the long cylinders 200 nar is posebly to fil to 300 bar but works ptettyer whit 200bar is dtil sold bij benelli air for 1400€ see benelly air on internet

 

[beerthief]

I would have to imagine the fitting needed to fill with air is there somewhere. He was shooting these up until he couldn’t which luckily was just this summer.

look on his pump . The fitting for this type and age gun usually is a brass fitting screwed on to the pump and then the cylinders were screwed on to that .
No hose involved . That is what was with my Morini pistol .

CC might have the fitting https://www.champchoice.com/

 

[BrazosbyNemo]

I read the targettalk.org forum a lot and the Benelli Kite is a well liked pistol. The problem seems to be they are no longer supported for service or parts. If you have questions about them I would post over there.