Jake must have learned to shoot a crescent butt plate correctly. I learned the first time I shot mine from a bench rest.
Quite simple really, and those that tried and failed to learn have only themselves to blame.
I have been shooting them for well over 50 years and still do not like them . Given the choice I will always take a shotgun butt or carbine/musket style over a crescent any day. I know the correct way to use them and the others are still by far the more comfortable to shoot.