A welding torch has a nozzle; a contact tip positioned within the nozzle; a tube extending from the nozzle; wherein the tube has a gooseneck portion having a radius, and the tube has a second portion adjacent the nozzle which has a longitudinal axis which is substantially collinear with a longitudinal axis of the nozzle. The gooseneck tube has a single radius extending from a distal portion to a proximal portion of the tube.