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Medium scale bass string gauges?

I'm using "Short Scale" DR Hi-Beams on my Spector 32" bass and I love them. Stainless Steel, fit perfectly and are not at all loose feeling.
In fact, they feel "tighter" on my Spector than the long-scale version feels on my Lakland, but not as tight as the DR Nickel Lo-Riders I have on my Yamaha basses.
I use Hi Beams on my Gretsch short scale. 105-45. I guess I can measure the winding length when I open them next time I change strings. The 32" Jaguar I have needs the taper to be between 33.5-34.5". The low E tuner is really close to the nut.
I just wish DR made short scale sets in 110-50, or at least the Lo Riders with hex core 105-45. I'm in drop-D @A=432Hz and needing a little more tension.
I really wish Dean Markley made Blue Steels in medium or short scale.
Or Kalium. They have such a huge variety of gauges and string sizes, but nothing that will fit my Jaguar. Their medium scale guitar strings would actually fit a short scale, and they have gauges up to .186, but the taper is a half inch too soon for the Jag and the long scale guitar strings are a half inch too long for it. And, though they make the bass strings in stainless steel and nps, they only make the guitar strings in nps. All of their bass strings are too long for a 32".