I’ve been experimenting with methods of taking finely ground dry snuffs without getting them up into my sinuses or in the back of my throat, and I’ve come up with a technique which has been working very well for me. Whenever I leave my throat open, no matter how gently I sniff, the snuff still gets into the back of my throat with something like a high dry toast. It just works like that - shoots back there like a rocket. So what I tried was this: I close my throat off like you do when you swallow. Then I lift the pinch to my nostril, holding it close enough with my finger/thumb that the airflow is fairly restricted, and then open my throat with a kind of quick sucking action, but with the negative pressure occurring only from opening the throat, and not from actual inhalation via lung power. Somehow this manages to get the snuff just into the front of my nose, but no further back than that - and I can enjoy my snuff without feeling like my eyeballs are on fire, or that I’ve just taken a swig of hot sauce. I then give a quick pinch of the nostrils together to make sure the snuff is actually in contact with mucous membrane, rather than just nesting in a forest of nose hair LOL! The hardest part about coming to snuff from cigarettes was that I still craved “throat hit”; but if snuff is hitting your throat, you’re not doing it right. You simply have to trust that it’s going to do its job sitting right there in the front of your nose. [Edit: I only use this method with snuffs that I simply can’t sniff without it going too far back, no matter how careful I am (like High Dry Toast, and some Toques). With coarser snuffs, I just gently sniff in the normal fashion.]
My nose is set on autopilot. fine dry moist coarse; all go where they should. But then again I been around many decades almost a half century using Snuff . One method I suggest to the novice is to hydrate some dry snuff and use it until it is bone dry. your nose will get use to using the snuff as it dries out. It also helps to keep yourself properly hydrated, so the snuff can stick to the moist parts of your nose. And keep those nose hairs trimmed they just get in the way.
I’m in the same camp as @basement_shaman
My nose is also on autopilot and despite many years of enjoying snuff I still hit a speed bump along the way. It’s part of the fun.
@MarkM just found this thread. I just tried it and it worked like a charm. I’ve been struggling to get a good hold of the we garrett sweet snuff I picked up. First time I was able to enjoy it.
@Psicko - I’m glad it worked! I find that even the strongest snuffs are really quite tolerable as long as you manage to keep it in the front of the nose and no further back (see note below). With very fine dry snuffs, I like to take very small pinches and take them frequently, kind of like the timing and cadence of smoking a cigarette. If I feel the effect waning, I blow my nose thoroughly and start afresh (at some point the mucous membranes become saturated with snuff, and any additional snuff is just clumping up in there to no purpose). The nicotine uptake with a fine dry snuff is extremely rapid, so there’s really no point in leaving it in your nose for a prolonged period of time.
Keep at it, it’s just muscle memory or something like that, one day you’ll notice you can do it naturally.
@MarkM that’s what I was doing the other night with the we garrett sweet. I was rather enjoying it. Before I wasn’t.
Been snuffing a few years now, and given up on the fine dry snuffs altogether. Not all snuffs suit all people. If I can’t fix it with hydration, or by chasing a coarser snuff, I ain’t interested. Thankfully there’s plenty of other choices out there for me, so I can leave these on the shelves for you guys 
@50ft_trad I was gonna make some lame joke about being across the pond, but thought better of it. I just started snuffing late last year. I at least have to try all the different types. I figured it was because I’m a novice that I couldn’t do it. That’s why there are different types for different people.
@Psicko I felt compelled to try everything at first too. Thankfully I’ve passed through that phase now, and found what works well for me. There’s so many different types, I really don’t think it’s worth getting hung up on the ones you struggle with… though of course it did take me a while to reach that conclusion myself 
Once I get more experience with taking different kinds, then I will know quickly if one type works for me. I’m not going to go crazy with aquisition disorder lIke I did with pipe tobacco. Can’t afford another one of those. Plus swmbo wouldn’t be too happy with it.
I saw a way of sniffing fine dry snuffs witch works for me all the time. Put the snuff on your thumb and put your thumb on the opening of your nostril and close of the opening. Now breath in quite firmly squeeze your. Nostril and done !! Off to the other nostril and repeat the steps. For me every successful !!!
I’ll give that a try too.
The “Michael Snuff” nose kink method works for me. I saw it on YouTube a while back.
@Marielle32 That is the Plugging Method or Technique .http://snuffhouse.com/discussion/6402/plugging
I discovered Neffa Bledi from Poschl is a fine south african style snuff, I often got throat hits with it. The other day I ve put my finger into this snuff which is so dry that powder left kind of traces all around my finger. I ve just put my finger into my nostrils without any sniffing it was kind of acceptable with no throat hits why not ?
The plugging method is very useful. i would use it for scotch and toasts. having spent some time now pinching Willie Pete, even a scotch seems coarse and i no longer need the plugging method. im rather convinced now that your nose will just get use to the different mills and youll develop a natural synergy between sniff and release of pinch and wont have to really think too hard about it anymore.
Mind you, thats just been my experience and im sure there are plenty of folks that rather leave the fine dry stuff alone, which is perfectly ok too. i dont see much point struggling with a grind that just isnt suited for you. enjoy what it is.
My nose has become accustomed to the fine snuffs (though, like @chefdaniel, I occasionally go woooaaaahhhh!!!) But for my twopennyworth I would say take a couple of pinches of coarse snuff and then chase it with the fine. The coarse will act as a bit of a buffer lol
Since writing the original post, I’ve gotten to where I can take really fine snuffs without even having to think about it much! Thanks to everyone for your responses.