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It depends. I don't advocate breaking a clubs rules on loads on the indoor backstop, and anti-advocate talking about it on onlineI assume that you know that backstops have limitations and by exceeding the rating of your clubs particular backstop in all likely hood damaged it to some degree.
But, sometimes it is just myth. We had that rule at Hopkinton until the president commissioned a test. We spraypainted the backstop then put 50 rounds of 125gr@1340FPS into the painted area and observed no backstop damage.
There was one club I shot at where the regular rule was "no jacketed ammo" to protect the backstop. But, when they held indoor matches, the rule was "jacketed ammo required to keep airborne lead and lube smoke down". It should have been labeled the Schrodenger range.