I forgot about that little feature on mine. I'm not taking mine off but it looks like you could turn it off with a wrench on the flats at the end of the tube, failing that a strap wrench should get good bite on that knurling, I don't see any staking on mine, betting the rough edge of the knurling gives it a bit of a lock washer effect, knowing Sig it's gonna be insanely tight, welded with a locker, or both!