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Nobody really uses the holsters or rigs you would think
Nobody really uses the holsters or rigs you would think. Nobody really uses shoulder holsters of the sort you've seen on Miami Vice or other cop shows from the 80s or 90s. I mean, you can get them, and they're cool and are a useful way of carrying a service pistol under a jacket or suit jacket or blazer with the added benefit of having space under the arm opposite the holster to store a couple-few spare magazines (never clips) as a counterbalance.
Most concealed carriers choose an inside-the-waistband (IWB) holster. There are so many types, made of leather, horsehide, Kydex, nylon, polymer, Cordura, and a lot of other materials, including hybrid, which includes a combination of a large oval of horsehide riveted to a form-fitted Kydex holster.
Most IWB holsters have some form of way to anchor the holster to the pant or belt, usually belt loops, snaps, and clips. Some ride high on the hip, some lie deeply canted, and some are surprisingly deep in the pants, under the beltline, called deep carry.
And they're carried in different places on the belt, IWB: most popular is at the four or five-o'clock position (where the 12-o'clock position is right at the belt buckle, 3 o'clock is at the side, and 6-o'clock is the small of the back.
Amongst some very skinny and flat-tummied concealed carriers, people sometimes choose to appendix carry, which is carrying your gun either in the waistband or in an IWB holster tucked in at the 1-o'clock position, which is called AIWB, and playfully called MOD (muzzle on dick) carry.