Buc,
Your thread made me aware that the twist direction of the spiral cable was critical to the proper fitment. I purchased a Dorman utility cable #55196 (choke cable), the outer sheath is the wrong twist and is smaller in diameter than the original, but the inner wire is the right diameter. I cut off a short section of the original sheath and slid a section of a brass cartridge case (17HMR) over it and soldered it on leaving the original sheath inserted only 1/2 way. I then soldered a 22 rimfire case fully over the end of the new Dorman cable and inserted that into the 17HMR case and soldered them together. You do have to remove the rims on both cases and the neck on the 17HMR along with slightly reducing the diameter of the original sheath. I now have a new smaller cable with the correct size wire mated to the original cable sheath. Works great!
Steve
