In the Eighties, I regularly carried my 4” S&W Model 58, .41 Magnum, on and off the clock. Work was open carry, in my police duty rig. Personal time carry was either in a now-discontinued, old-school Eagle Industries IWB holster, or, on occasion, an Assault Systems vertical-style shoulder rig. My personal-time carry belt was a G. Wm. Davis 1-3/4” wide, double-layer. I stopped carrying the N-Frame because the moving parts were started to get loose, and because I transitioned to auto-pistols.
Being skinny as a rail, in the Eighties, I had to wear a quite loose upper garment to conceal anything. Slowly, I added more meat to my shoulders and upper back, to help the natural drape of a light jacket or shirt enhance the concealment effect.
At some point, I realized that N-Frames were just a bit too large for me to reach the trigger properly, in DA mode, unless I used an offset hold, which was BAD for my thumb and wrist joints. After two different autoloaders just did not work out for me, I returned to revolving pistols, in 1993, for duty and most personal carry, with the GP100 that is in my avatar image, at left, being the duty gun, and often my personal-time gun. I then worked K-Frames into the mix. I returned to duty autos in 1997.
Now retired from LEO-ing, I tend to carry K-Frames, and Ruger SP101, Speed Six, and GP100 revolvers. I am starting to feel the effects of aging, on my ability to pull DA triggers, however, so, have been working with my single-action sixguns, which used to be just-for-fun guns. A Colt SAA-pattern revolver has a large frame and cylinder, but a nicely compact grip frame.