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First of all there wasn't a Remington old model. There was the Beals which didn't have the gouge as you put it. That "gouge" was done because the Beals models fouled so bad. Cutting the frame back and exposing the barrel threads reduced that fouling. The dovetail cone sight is correct for the Beals and the transitional models between it and the 1863 New Model. The 63 is the one currently called the 1858 because of the 1858 patent date. There were several changes during the transition from the Beals to the 63, notably the front sight, loading lever and safety notches in the cylinder. Uberti does the dovetail to make sight adjustments easier. Both Uberti and Pietta use front sights much taller than originals with Pietta being the worst.
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Well since these are replicas i expected them to be faithful to the originals problems and all. The gouge is only on a few out of every thousand originals i bet, most likely a accident. On Piettas it's on almost every single one. Same thing on the Uberti, those sights never came on the gun originally so why add them...?